Republican DA’s Office Caught Using AI To Prosecute Massive Burglary Cases

A Wisconsin court sanctioned a Republican prosecutor on Friday for failing to disclose using artificial intelligence (AI) in legal filings.

Judge David Hughes dismissed dozens of property damage and theft-related counts against two men in Kenosha County and chided Republican Kenosha District Attorney Xavier Solis’ office for the AI usage, courtrecords show. Hughes pointed out “hallucinated and false citations” in the prosecution’s court paperwork.

The Friday ruling came in response to a motion from defense attorney Michael Cicchini, which alleged that prosecutors failed to bring sufficient evidence at a hearing about two years ago under former Democratic Kenosha County District Attorney Mike Graveley, Cicchini told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation. The judge tossed the cases based on those evidentiary issues, while the sanctioning over AI was a separate matter, Solis told the DCNF.

“Separately, the court addressed a citation error in a filing where AI-assisted tools were used without explicit disclosure; the issue was identified and acknowledged,” Solis told the DCNF. The court filing that relied on AI was Solis’, and no assistant prosecutor was responsible, he said.

“Our office takes accuracy, candor, and disclosure obligations seriously,” Solis said. “We have reviewed and reinforced our internal practices to ensure clarity and reliability in future filings, including verification of citations.”