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Table 6.2. Disposition of criminal appeals terminated, by offense, October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005
| Offense of conviction |
|
Criminal appeals terminated on the merits |
|
| Total criminal appeals terminated |
Total |
Percent |
Affirmed |
Remanded or reversed |
Partially affirmed |
Dismissed |
Other |
Procedural terminations |
|
| |
All offensesa |
13,097 |
|
9,311 |
|
71.1 |
% |
5,654 |
|
1,924 |
|
892 |
|
734 |
|
107 |
|
3,786 |
|
| Violent offenses |
688 |
|
506 |
|
73.5 |
% |
307 |
|
111 |
|
52 |
|
34 |
|
2 |
|
182 |
|
| |
Murderb |
86 |
|
60 |
|
69.8 |
|
38 |
|
8 |
|
5 |
|
9 |
|
0 |
|
26 |
|
| |
Assault |
81 |
|
66 |
|
81.5 |
|
41 |
|
19 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
15 |
|
| |
Robbery |
322 |
|
227 |
|
70.5 |
|
129 |
|
54 |
|
29 |
|
15 |
|
0 |
|
95 |
|
| |
Sexual abuseb |
136 |
|
111 |
|
81.6 |
|
76 |
|
26 |
|
2 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
25 |
|
| |
Kidnapping |
59 |
|
39 |
|
66.1 |
|
21 |
|
3 |
|
12 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
20 |
|
| |
Threats against the President |
4 |
|
3 |
|
^ |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
| Property offenses |
1,937 |
|
1,288 |
|
66.5 |
% |
735 |
|
264 |
|
162 |
|
111 |
|
16 |
|
649 |
|
| |
Fraudulent |
1,626 |
|
1,062 |
|
65.3 |
% |
587 |
|
226 |
|
139 |
|
98 |
|
12 |
|
564 |
|
| |
|
Embezzlement |
70 |
|
41 |
|
58.6 |
|
22 |
|
10 |
|
7 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
29 |
|
| |
|
Fraudb |
1,404 |
|
924 |
|
65.8 |
|
513 |
|
201 |
|
117 |
|
82 |
|
11 |
|
480 |
|
| |
|
Forgery |
7 |
|
3 |
|
^ |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
|
| |
|
Counterfeiting |
145 |
|
94 |
|
64.8 |
|
49 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
14 |
|
1 |
|
51 |
|
| |
Other |
311 |
|
226 |
|
72.7 |
% |
148 |
|
38 |
|
23 |
|
13 |
|
4 |
|
85 |
|
| |
|
Burglary |
8 |
|
6 |
|
^ |
|
5 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
| |
|
Larcenyb |
159 |
|
107 |
|
67.3 |
|
64 |
|
23 |
|
11 |
|
7 |
|
2 |
|
52 |
|
| |
|
Motor vehicle theft |
59 |
|
49 |
|
83.1 |
|
33 |
|
5 |
|
9 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
10 |
|
| |
|
Arson and explosives |
36 |
|
25 |
|
69.4 |
|
17 |
|
5 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
11 |
|
| |
|
Transportation of stolen property |
43 |
|
35 |
|
81.4 |
|
26 |
|
5 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
8 |
|
| |
|
Other property offensesb |
6 |
|
4 |
|
^ |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
| Drug offenses |
4,940 |
|
3,488 |
|
70.6 |
% |
2,039 |
|
671 |
|
360 |
|
370 |
|
48 |
|
1,452 |
|
| Public-order offenses |
1,014 |
|
688 |
|
67.9 |
% |
388 |
|
161 |
|
80 |
|
44 |
|
15 |
|
326 |
|
| |
Regulatory |
132 |
|
82 |
|
62.1 |
% |
49 |
|
15 |
|
11 |
|
5 |
|
2 |
|
50 |
|
| |
|
Food and drug |
4 |
|
3 |
|
^ |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
| |
|
Transportation |
16 |
|
9 |
|
56.3 |
|
5 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
7 |
|
| |
|
Civil rights |
23 |
|
17 |
|
73.9 |
|
12 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
6 |
|
| |
|
Communications |
7 |
|
3 |
|
^ |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
|
| |
|
Custom laws |
6 |
|
3 |
|
^ |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
| |
|
Postal laws |
2 |
|
2 |
|
^ |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Other regulatory offenses |
74 |
|
45 |
|
60.8 |
|
23 |
|
12 |
|
6 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
29 |
|
| |
Other |
882 |
|
606 |
|
68.7 |
% |
339 |
|
146 |
|
69 |
|
39 |
|
13 |
|
276 |
|
| |
|
Tax law violationsb |
129 |
|
81 |
|
62.8 |
|
50 |
|
13 |
|
9 |
|
8 |
|
1 |
|
48 |
|
| |
|
Bribery |
20 |
|
12 |
|
60.0 |
|
5 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
8 |
|
| |
|
Perjury, contempt, and intimidation |
75 |
|
49 |
|
65.3 |
|
28 |
|
7 |
|
11 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
26 |
|
| |
|
National defense |
16 |
|
12 |
|
75.0 |
|
6 |
|
4 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
|
| |
|
Escape |
53 |
|
34 |
|
64.2 |
|
21 |
|
9 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
19 |
|
| |
|
Racketeering and extortion |
261 |
|
173 |
|
66.3 |
|
89 |
|
48 |
|
21 |
|
11 |
|
4 |
|
88 |
|
| |
|
Gambling |
7 |
|
7 |
|
^ |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
|
Nonviolent sex offenses |
231 |
|
168 |
|
72.7 |
|
91 |
|
45 |
|
16 |
|
13 |
|
3 |
|
63 |
|
| |
|
Obscene materialb |
6 |
|
5 |
|
^ |
|
5 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
| |
|
Traffic offenses |
8 |
|
6 |
|
^ |
|
6 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
| |
|
Wildlife |
10 |
|
8 |
|
^ |
|
7 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
| |
|
Environmental |
9 |
|
7 |
|
^ |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
| |
|
All other offensesb |
57 |
|
44 |
|
77.2 |
|
24 |
|
14 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
13 |
|
| Weapon offenses |
2,115 |
|
1,619 |
|
76.5 |
% |
1,011 |
|
338 |
|
173 |
|
87 |
|
10 |
|
496 |
|
| Immigration offenses |
1,976 |
|
1,458 |
|
73.8 |
% |
979 |
|
346 |
|
51 |
|
72 |
|
10 |
|
518 |
|
|
^ Too few cases to obtain statistically reliable data.
aTotal includes 427 appeals terminated for which an offense category
could not be determined, of which 264 were terminated on the merits
and 163 were procedural terminations.
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. |
