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Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2004 - Statistical Tables
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Table 18. Time from arrest to adjudication for felony defendants, by most serious arrest charge, 2004
Most serious
arrest charge |
Felony defendants in the 75 largest counties |
| |
Number of
defendants |
Median time
to adjudication |
Cumulative percent of cases adjudicated within — |
| |
| 1 week |
1 month |
3 months |
6 months |
1 year |
| |
| All offenses |
56,779 |
|
85 |
days |
7 |
% |
28 |
% |
52 |
% |
71 |
% |
88 |
% |
| |
| Violent offenses |
12,842 |
|
130 |
days |
3 |
% |
18 |
% |
39 |
% |
62 |
% |
83 |
% |
| |
Murder |
348 |
|
> |
|
1 |
|
5 |
|
11 |
|
24 |
|
48 |
|
| |
Rape |
531 |
|
176 |
|
1 |
|
7 |
|
28 |
|
51 |
|
76 |
|
| |
Robbery |
3,078 |
|
140 |
|
3 |
|
15 |
|
37 |
|
60 |
|
86 |
|
| |
Assault |
6,792 |
|
113 |
|
4 |
|
22 |
|
43 |
|
66 |
|
86 |
|
| |
Other violent |
2,093 |
|
138 |
|
2 |
|
14 |
|
37 |
|
58 |
|
79 |
|
| |
| Property offenses |
17,359 |
|
76 |
days |
6 |
% |
27 |
% |
55 |
% |
74 |
% |
89 |
% |
| |
Burglary |
4,475 |
|
72 |
|
6 |
|
29 |
|
57 |
|
77 |
|
93 |
|
| |
Larceny/theft |
4,458 |
|
75 |
|
5 |
|
26 |
|
56 |
|
76 |
|
90 |
|
| |
Motor vehicle theft |
2,029 |
|
40 |
|
9 |
|
44 |
|
70 |
|
84 |
|
92 |
|
| |
Forgery |
2,094 |
|
99 |
|
4 |
|
22 |
|
47 |
|
67 |
|
86 |
|
| |
Fraud |
1,808 |
|
91 |
|
8 |
|
22 |
|
50 |
|
69 |
|
87 |
|
| |
Other property |
2,500 |
|
98 |
|
5 |
|
23 |
|
48 |
|
69 |
|
85 |
|
| |
| Drug offenses |
20,862 |
|
66 |
days |
11 |
% |
36 |
% |
57 |
% |
74 |
% |
89 |
% |
| |
Trafficking |
8,587 |
|
98 |
|
7 |
|
26 |
|
48 |
|
67 |
|
86 |
|
| |
Other drug |
12,276 |
|
44 |
|
14 |
|
43 |
|
64 |
|
79 |
|
92 |
|
| |
| Public-order offenses |
5,718 |
|
95 |
days |
5 |
% |
23 |
% |
48 |
% |
70 |
% |
88 |
% |
| |
Weapons |
1,750 |
|
94 |
|
5 |
|
26 |
|
49 |
|
71 |
|
89 |
|
| |
Driving-related |
1,809 |
|
105 |
|
4 |
|
18 |
|
45 |
|
68 |
|
89 |
|
| |
Other public-order |
2,160 |
|
88 |
|
6 |
|
26 |
|
51 |
|
71 |
|
87 |
|
|
Note: Data on time from arrest to adjudication were available
for
99% of all cases. The median time from arrest to adjudication
includes cases still pending at the end of the study. Knowing the
exact times for these cases would not change the medians reported.
Murder cases were tracked for up to 2 years. All other cases were
tracked for up to 1 year.
> More than 1 year. |
|
Source: State Court Processing Statistics (SCPS)
See also Methodology. |
