Randolph County Criminal Records
A criminal court record is the court case file, not the jail booking record. It begins when the prosecutor files charges and the court opens the case. In Randolph County, the prosecutor is David Daly, and the prosecutor's office evaluates facts from law enforcement and private citizens to decide whether a crime occurred and what charges should be filed. After filing, the case record is maintained by the Randolph County Clerk and the court handling the case.
Randolph County has two local trial courts at the courthouse in Winchester. Randolph Superior Court handles misdemeanors, infractions, ordinance violations, and many Level 6 felonies. Randolph Circuit Court handles murder and serious felony assignments under local rules. Level 1 through Level 5 felonies are split by month of commission. January, February, April, May, July, August, October, and November cases go to Circuit Court. March, June, September, and December cases go to Superior Court. Multiple offenses use the earliest charge month, and cases from the same facts are assigned by the highest class charge.
For arrest-side details, use Randolph County arrest records and court charges. For jail custody, current inmates, and recent arrests, use Randolph County inmate records. Sheriff Art L. Moystner's office is central to custody and law-enforcement records, but the criminal case file is a court record.
Search Randolph Criminal Cases
Public Randolph County criminal court records are searched through Indiana Courts Case Search. Search by case number when possible. A party search can work when the case number is unknown, but common names may need first name, middle name, date of birth for search, case status, and file-date filters. MyCase can show the court, case number, charges, hearings, chronological case summary, financial entries, and disposition when public.
- Open MyCase and choose case search or party search.
- Search by defendant name, case number, citation number, or cross-reference number.
- Use open or closed status and file-date filters to narrow Randolph County criminal cases.
- Open the case and read the CCS entries for charges, hearings, bond, plea, disposition, and sentence.
- Request certified copies from Randolph County Clerk Jacqueline Peed's office if an official copy is needed.
MyCase is not the official court record. The official record of proceedings must come from the maintaining court. The Clerk's Office is at 100 S. Main St., Room 201, Winchester, Indiana 47394, phone (765) 584-4903, Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm.
The Indiana Code Title 35 criminal law and expungement source gives the state law context for criminal cases and expungement.
Title 35 is relevant when a Randolph County criminal court record involves charge levels, procedure, bond issues, or expungement requests.
Randolph Criminal Case Stages
A Randolph County criminal case moves through a series of court events. Each event can create a docket entry or document. The case may end early by dismissal, diversion, or plea, or it may move through trial and sentencing. The docket should be read in date order because charge amendments, hearing resets, and bond changes can alter what the case means.
Case flow: Charges Filed › Initial Hearing or Arraignment › Pretrial and Motions › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing.
| Stage | What Happens |
|---|---|
| Charges Filed | The prosecutor files the charging information or related criminal filing, and the court opens the case. |
| Initial Hearing or Arraignment | The court addresses rights, charges, release conditions, counsel, and plea procedure. |
| Pretrial / Motions | Parties file motions, exchange information, set hearings, address bond, and prepare for plea or trial. |
| Plea or Trial | The defendant may enter a plea, or the case may proceed to a bench or jury trial. |
| Disposition | The record shows whether each charge was dismissed, amended, resulted in guilt, or ended another way. |
| Sentencing | The court enters penalties such as jail, prison, probation, fines, costs, restitution, or community corrections. |
What Criminal Records Show
Randolph County criminal court records can contain a case number, court, defendant, prosecutor, defense counsel, charges, bond entries, chronological case summary, hearing settings, filings, orders, financials, pleas, disposition, and sentence. Online access varies. MyCase document access for felony and misdemeanor cases generally shows sentencing orders online, while other non-confidential criminal documents often require in-person clerk access.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case Number | Indiana uniform case number with Randolph court identifier, such as 68C01 or 68D01. |
| Defendant | The person accused in the criminal case; date of birth may help search but is not displayed publicly. |
| Charges | Offense title, statute, level, filing date, and later amendments or dismissals when public. |
| Bond | Release amount, bond type, holds, or changes when listed in the public docket. |
| Plea | Formal answer to a charge, such as guilty or not guilty. |
| Disposition | The final result of a charge or case. |
| Sentence | Penalty after conviction, including custody, probation, fines, costs, or restitution. |
The Randolph County Prosecutor page describes the local charging role and victim services.
The prosecutor's filing decision is the point where an arrest-side incident can become a Randolph County criminal court case.
Charges vs. Convictions
A charge is an accusation filed in court. A conviction is the result after a guilty plea, guilty verdict, or other finding of guilt. Randolph County criminal court records may show charges that were dismissed, reduced, amended, or resolved by plea. That is why a criminal case search should look at both the charge entries and the disposition entries before drawing a conclusion.
| Charge | Conviction | |
|---|---|---|
| Stage | Accusation after filing | Final guilt result by plea or verdict |
| Proof Point | Probable cause or charging decision | Beyond reasonable doubt or admitted guilt |
| Record Meaning | May be pending, amended, dismissed, or reduced | Shows guilt and leads to sentence |
| Where to Read | Charge section and early docket entries | Disposition, judgment, and sentencing entries |
Note: A Randolph County criminal charge should not be treated as a conviction unless the disposition shows guilt.
Dispositions and Sentences
Disposition means the final result. In a Randolph County criminal case, a charge might be dismissed with prejudice, dismissed without prejudice, amended, found guilty, found not guilty, or resolved through a plea. A dismissal with prejudice generally means the charge cannot be refiled. A dismissal without prejudice may allow refiling. A continuance means a hearing or trial was delayed.
Sentencing entries may show jail, prison, probation, community corrections, home detention, restitution, fines, costs, or other terms. Randolph County Community Corrections provides local offender services, including Community Service Program, Community Transition Program, Day Reporting Program, and Home Detention Program. Those programs are not a separate criminal court record, but a sentence or supervision order may refer to them.
The Randolph County Community Corrections page identifies local offender-service programs that can appear in sentencing context.
Community Corrections details help explain sentence terms that are more specific than a simple jail or probation entry.
Sealed vs. Expunged
Indiana law allows some arrest, non-conviction, and conviction records to be expunged or restricted. A person seeking expungement usually identifies the case number, court, charge level, and disposition first. Then the petition is filed in the correct court under Indiana Code Title 35, Article 38, Chapter 9. Eligibility depends on the record type, offense level, waiting period, sentence completion, payments, and later convictions.
| Sealed or Restricted | Expunged | |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility | Hidden or limited from public access | Release is restricted under the expungement order and statute |
| Authorized Access | Courts, prosecutors, law enforcement, or authorized entities may retain access | Authorized access may still exist depending on the statute and record |
| Common Use | Protects confidential or sensitive court records | Limits release of eligible arrest or conviction records |
| Randolph Filing | Use the court that maintains the record | Use MyCase to identify the case, then file with the proper clerk |
Public Access to Criminal Records
Public criminal court access in Randolph County is controlled by state court rules and Indiana public-records law. Non-confidential criminal case summaries are generally public through MyCase. The Access to Public Records Act in Indiana Code Title 5 is the broad public-records framework. The Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records govern court records, excluded records, and procedures to seek access to otherwise excluded records.
Key Statutes:
Indiana Code Title 5 covers public access to agency records unless a law or rule excludes the record.
Indiana Code Title 35 covers criminal procedure and expungement rules for eligible criminal records.
Juvenile, adoption, mental-health, sealed, expunged, and protected-party information is restricted. Personal identifiers such as Social Security numbers, financial accounts, and protected minor information are redacted or excluded. Protection-order cases are not part of ordinary public MyCase search because protected-party identifying details are excluded from online public access.
The Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council listing confirms the Randolph County Prosecutor office and contact role.
That state prosecutor listing is useful when the criminal court record points back to the charging office rather than the Clerk.
Criminal Search Limits
A casual MyCase search is not the same as a regulated employment, tenant, credit, insurance, or licensing background check. Criminal court records can be incomplete if a case is sealed, expunged, juvenile, too new to show complete entries, or filed in another court system. They also do not replace Indiana State Police criminal-history processes, federal PACER searches, Indiana DOC searches, or county jail custody checks.
Important: Court lookup information must not be used for FCRA-regulated decisions unless obtained through a compliant process.
For federal criminal cases tied to Randolph County, search the Southern District of Indiana and appellate records rather than the county Clerk. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Indiana handles federal prosecutions.
Federal prosecution records are outside the Randolph County Clerk's file system and follow federal court access rules.
Restricted Criminal Court Records
Randolph local rules assign juvenile CHINS, delinquency, status, termination of parental rights, juvenile paternity, and juvenile miscellaneous matters to Circuit Court. Those records are not ordinary public criminal case files. Mental-health and adoption matters are also Circuit-only and are generally confidential. Search results may also omit or redact protected-party data, minor identities, birth dates, financial account information, and other identifiers.
If a Randolph County criminal court record appears missing, the reason may be sealing, expungement, juvenile status, a protection-order access limit, a new filing delay, or a case in another court. For active warrants and custody status, use Randolph County warrant records, the sheriff app, or law-enforcement channels. For official criminal case documents, contact Clerk Jacqueline Peed's office or the court that maintains the case.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is the appellate court for federal cases from Indiana.
Appeals and federal criminal matters follow separate systems, so they should not be confused with Randolph County local criminal records.