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Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2004 - Statistical Tables

Table 19. Adjudication outcome for felony defendants, by most serious arrest charge, 2004

Most serious arrest charge		Number of defendants		Percent of felony defendants in the 75 largest counties
				Convicted																Not convicted						Other outcome*
				Total convicted		Felony							Misdemeanor
						Total		Plea		Trial			Total		Plea		Trial			Total		Dismissed		Acquitted
All offenses		51,256		68	%	59	%	57	%	2	%		9	%	9	%	--	%		23	%	23	%	1	%	9	%
Violent offenses		11,091		61	%	52	%	49	%	3	%		9	%	9	%	--	%		34	%	32	%	1	%	5	%
	Murder	219		71		70		45		25			1		1		0			29		25		4		0
	Rape	419		62		54		49		5			8		7		1			35		33		2		4
	Robbery	2,707		69		60		57		4			8		8		--			26		26		1		5
	Assault	6,022		56		45		43		3			11		10		1			38		37		1		6
	Other violent	1,726		67		60		57		3			7		7		0			29		28		1		5
Property offenses		15,934		72	%	62	%	60	%	2	%		10	%	9	%	--	%		21	%	20	%	--	%	8	%
	Burglary	4,232		75		69		68		1			6		6		--			18		18		1		6
	Larceny/theft	4,092		73		60		57		3			12		11		--			20		20		1		8
	Motor vehicle theft	1,919		77		74		73		1			4		4		--			19		19		--		3
	Forgery	1,859		66		50		49		1			16		15		--			24		24		--		10
	Fraud	1,611		67		59		58		1			7		7		--			17		17		0		16
	Other property	2,222		66		53		52		1			12		12		0			27		27		1		6
Drug offenses		19,022		67	%	60	%	58	%	1	%		8	%	8	%	--	%		19	%	19	%	--	%	14	%
	Trafficking	7,488		75		67		64		3			8		8		--			18		17		1		7
	Other drug	11,534		63		55		55		1			7		7		--			20		20		0		18
Public-order offenses		5,209		72	%	61	%	59	%	2	%		11	%	10	%	--	%		23	%	23	%	1	%	6	%
	Weapons	1,587		71		61		59		2			9		8		1			27		27		1		2
	Driving-related	1,642		81		73		70		3			8		8		--			13		12		1		7
	Other public-order	1,981		65		50		49		1			14		14		--			28		28		1		7
Note: Eleven percent of all cases were still pending adjudication at the end of the 1-year study period and are excluded from the table. Data on adjudication outcome were available for 99% of those cases that had been adjudicated. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. --Less than 0.5%. *Includes diversion and deferred adjudication. Murder defendants were followed for an additional year.

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