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Table 6.1. Criminal appeals terminated, by type of criminal case and offense, October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005
| Offense of conviction |
Number of criminal appeals terminated |
|
| Total |
|
Guidelines-based appeals |
|
| Preguideline |
Total |
Conviction only |
Sentence only |
Sentence and conviction |
Other |
|
| |
All offenses a |
13,097 |
|
1,677 |
|
11,420 |
|
1,223 |
|
3,622 |
|
6,547 |
|
28 |
|
| Violent offenses |
688 |
|
99 |
|
589 |
|
73 |
|
176 |
|
339 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Murderb |
86 |
|
21 |
|
65 |
|
14 |
|
13 |
|
38 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Assault |
81 |
|
13 |
|
68 |
|
11 |
|
16 |
|
40 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Robbery |
322 |
|
39 |
|
283 |
|
23 |
|
104 |
|
156 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Sexual abuseb |
136 |
|
14 |
|
122 |
|
17 |
|
34 |
|
71 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Kidnapping |
59 |
|
12 |
|
47 |
|
6 |
|
8 |
|
33 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Threats against the President |
4 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
| Property offenses |
1,937 |
|
306 |
|
1,631 |
|
198 |
|
522 |
|
908 |
|
3 |
|
| |
Fraudulent |
1,626 |
|
255 |
|
1,371 |
|
161 |
|
433 |
|
774 |
|
3 |
|
| |
|
Embezzlement |
70 |
|
7 |
|
63 |
|
7 |
|
14 |
|
42 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Fraudb |
1,404 |
|
220 |
|
1,184 |
|
145 |
|
376 |
|
660 |
|
3 |
|
| |
|
Forgery |
7 |
|
2 |
|
5 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Counterfeiting |
145 |
|
26 |
|
119 |
|
8 |
|
41 |
|
70 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Other |
311 |
|
51 |
|
260 |
|
37 |
|
89 |
|
134 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Burglary |
8 |
|
2 |
|
6 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Larcenyb |
159 |
|
28 |
|
131 |
|
13 |
|
48 |
|
70 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Motor vehicle theft |
59 |
|
7 |
|
52 |
|
5 |
|
18 |
|
29 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Arson and explosives |
36 |
|
5 |
|
31 |
|
11 |
|
8 |
|
12 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Transportation of stolen property |
43 |
|
7 |
|
36 |
|
5 |
|
12 |
|
19 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Other property offensesb |
6 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
| Drug offenses |
4,940 |
|
579 |
|
4,361 |
|
440 |
|
1,473 |
|
2,431 |
|
17 |
|
| Public-order offenses |
1,014 |
|
161 |
|
853 |
|
107 |
|
235 |
|
509 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Regulatory |
132 |
|
20 |
|
112 |
|
14 |
|
30 |
|
68 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Food and drug |
4 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Transportation |
16 |
|
1 |
|
15 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
9 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Civil rights |
23 |
|
1 |
|
22 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
15 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Communications |
7 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Custom laws |
6 |
|
0 |
|
6 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Postal laws |
2 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Other regulatory offenses |
74 |
|
14 |
|
60 |
|
5 |
|
19 |
|
36 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Other |
882 |
|
141 |
|
741 |
|
93 |
|
205 |
|
441 |
|
2 |
|
| |
|
Tax law violationsb |
129 |
|
18 |
|
111 |
|
13 |
|
31 |
|
67 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Bribery |
20 |
|
2 |
|
18 |
|
1 |
|
5 |
|
12 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Perjury, contempt, and intimidation |
75 |
|
16 |
|
59 |
|
4 |
|
18 |
|
37 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
National defense |
16 |
|
4 |
|
12 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
9 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Escape |
53 |
|
7 |
|
46 |
|
4 |
|
15 |
|
27 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Racketeering and extortion |
261 |
|
59 |
|
202 |
|
29 |
|
41 |
|
132 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Gambling |
7 |
|
1 |
|
6 |
|
0 |
|
5 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Nonviolent sex offenses |
231 |
|
18 |
|
213 |
|
23 |
|
74 |
|
115 |
|
1 |
|
| |
|
Obscene materialb |
6 |
|
1 |
|
5 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
5 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Traffic offenses |
8 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Wildlife |
10 |
|
0 |
|
10 |
|
4 |
|
0 |
|
5 |
|
1 |
|
| |
|
Environmental |
9 |
|
1 |
|
8 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
6 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
All other offensesb |
57 |
|
10 |
|
47 |
|
11 |
|
13 |
|
23 |
|
0 |
|
| Weapon offenses |
2,115 |
|
249 |
|
1,866 |
|
250 |
|
522 |
|
1,093 |
|
1 |
|
| Immigration offenses |
1,976 |
|
57 |
|
1,919 |
|
136 |
|
624 |
|
1,158 |
|
1 |
|
|
aTotal includes 427 appeals terminated for which an offense category could
not be determined, of which 226 are preguideline appeals and 201 are
guidelines-based appeals.
bIn this table "Murder" includes nonnegligent manslaughter; "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, Court of Appeals. |
