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Court orders hearings after jail records show merged SIDs and mistaken bookings
Summary
Defense attorneys alerted the court to multiple defendants whose jail SIDs and bookings appear merged or incorrect; the judge ordered 'true identity' motions and scheduled hearings to correct records and prevent wrongful warrants or expunction needs.
Defense counsel told the court that several people called on the docket had multiple or conflated jail SIDs (system identification numbers), resulting in erroneous warrants and incorrectly attributed bookings. The court described cases in which a defendant checked as ‘in custody’ under one SID but was not actually subject to a warrant, and instructed counsel to file a ‘‘true identity’’ motion with supporting documentation such as a valid ID, birth certificate and fingerprints.
The judge explained typical remediation steps: defense should obtain birth certificates or other identity documents, counsel may request fingerprint comparisons with jail records, and the court can then clear incorrect warrants and, if appropriate, sign orders that plaintiffs may later use in expunction proceedings. The court set hearings (often April 30) to resolve these identity disputes and instructed counsel to combine motions where the same identity issue appeared across multiple bookings.
The judge warned defendants to carry identification until the issue is resolved and reminded counsel that corrections in the NCIC/odyssey system may require administrative coordination with jail staff. The court emphasized swift action to avoid unintended arrests due to data errors in the booking system.
