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Table 4.3. Dispositions by U.S. magistrates, October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005
| Most serious offense charged |
Defendants in criminal cases concluded by U.S. magistrates |
|
| Total |
Convicted |
Not convicted |
Percent convicted |
|
| |
All offenses |
8,939 |
|
6,107 |
|
2,832 |
|
68.3 |
% |
| Violent offensesa |
352 |
|
226 |
|
126 |
|
64.2 |
% |
| |
Murder |
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
^ |
|
| |
Assault |
334 |
|
213 |
|
121 |
|
63.8 |
|
| |
Robbery |
8 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
^ |
|
| |
Sexual abuseb |
8 |
|
7 |
|
1 |
|
^ |
|
| |
Threats against the President |
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
^ |
|
| Property offenses |
2,242 |
|
1,481 |
|
761 |
|
66.1 |
% |
| |
Fraudulent |
754 |
|
690 |
|
64 |
|
91.5 |
% |
| |
|
Embezzlement |
99 |
|
81 |
|
18 |
|
81.8 |
|
| |
|
Fraudb |
626 |
|
585 |
|
41 |
|
93.5 |
|
| |
|
Forgery |
14 |
|
11 |
|
3 |
|
78.6 |
|
| |
|
Counterfeiting |
15 |
|
13 |
|
2 |
|
86.7 |
|
| |
Other |
1,488 |
|
791 |
|
697 |
|
53.2 |
% |
| |
|
Burglary |
3 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Larcenyb |
1,365 |
|
725 |
|
640 |
|
53.1 |
|
| |
|
Arson and explosives |
6 |
|
5 |
|
1 |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Other property offensesb |
114 |
|
59 |
|
55 |
|
51.8 |
|
| Drug offenses |
1,594 |
|
1,126 |
|
468 |
|
70.6 |
% |
| |
Possession |
1,424 |
|
1,026 |
|
398 |
|
72.1 |
|
| |
Trafficking |
170 |
|
100 |
|
70 |
|
58.8 |
|
| Public-order offenses |
4,444 |
|
3,021 |
|
1,423 |
|
68.0 |
% |
| |
Regulatory |
401 |
|
296 |
|
105 |
|
73.8 |
% |
| |
|
Agriculture |
1 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Antitrust |
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Food and drug |
12 |
|
12 |
|
0 |
|
100 |
|
| |
|
Transportation |
44 |
|
34 |
|
10 |
|
77.3 |
|
| |
|
Civil rights |
5 |
|
4 |
|
1 |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Communications |
4 |
|
4 |
|
0 |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Customs laws |
4 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Postal laws |
61 |
|
55 |
|
6 |
|
90.2 |
|
| |
|
Other regulatory offenses |
269 |
|
183 |
|
86 |
|
68.0 |
|
| |
Other |
4,043 |
|
2,725 |
|
1,318 |
|
67.4 |
% |
| |
|
Tax law violationsb |
54 |
|
52 |
|
2 |
|
96.3 |
|
| |
|
Bribery |
4 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Perjury, contempt, and intimidation |
20 |
|
17 |
|
3 |
|
85.0 |
|
| |
|
National defense |
7 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Escape |
23 |
|
19 |
|
4 |
|
82.6 |
|
| |
|
Racketeering and extortion |
6 |
|
5 |
|
1 |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Wildlife |
195 |
|
179 |
|
16 |
|
91.8 |
|
| |
|
Environmental |
7 |
|
7 |
|
0 |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
Traffic offenses |
3,276 |
|
2,145 |
|
1,131 |
|
65.5 |
|
| |
|
Liquor offenses |
6 |
|
6 |
|
0 |
|
^ |
|
| |
|
All other feloniesb |
445 |
|
286 |
|
159 |
|
64.3 |
|
| Weapon offenses |
92 |
|
50 |
|
42 |
|
54.3 |
% |
| Immigration offenses |
215 |
|
203 |
|
12 |
|
94.4 |
% |
|
^ Too few cases to obtain statistically reliable data.
aMay include some nonviolent offenses.
bIn this table "Sexual abuse" includes only violent sex offenses; "Fraud" excludes tax fraud; "Larceny" excludes transportation of stolen property; "Other property offenses" excludes fraudulent property offenses and includes destruction of property and trespassing; "Tax law violations" includes tax fraud; and "All other offenses" includes offenses with unclassifiable offense type. |
|
Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Criminal Master File,
fiscal year. |
