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State Court Sentencing of Convicted Felons, 1994
Presents detailed findings from the 1994 nationally representative sample
survey of felons convicted in State courts in 300 counties. The report includes
tables on the number of felony offenders in State courts, the sentences
they received, the demographic characteristics of convicted felons, the
number of felons sentenced to probation, the number of felons convicted
by trial and guilty plea, and the amount of time required to process felony
conviction cases. Of the 872,000 felons convicted in State courts, 89 percent
pleaded guilty and the rest were found guilty at trial; 45 percent were
sentenced to prison, 26 percent to local jail, and 29 percent to straight
probation with no jail or prison time to serve. This is the fourth in a
series published every other year since 1988. 4/98 NCJ 164615
This report is one in a series. More recent editions may be available.
To view a list of all in the series go to the publications
page.
Acrobat file (319K)
| ASCII text file (71K)
- Separate sections:
- Introduction Acrobat
file (77K)
- I. Felony sentences in State
courts Acrobat file (86K)
- II. Profile of felons convicted
in State courts Acrobat file (112K)
- III. Felons sentenced to
probation in State courts Acrobat
file (103K)
- IV. Felony case processing
in State court Acrobat file (111K)
- V. Regional variation in
adjudication and sentencing Acrobat
file (58K)
- VI. Juveniles transferred
to adult court Acrobat file (87K)
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