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U.S. Department of JusticeOffice of Justice ProgramsBureau of Justice Statistics Bureau of Justice Statistics May 2010, NCJ 228944 HighlightsBULLETINFor a list of publications in this series, go to http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbse&sid=27. State Court Processing Statistics, 2006Thomas H. Cohen, J.D., Ph.D. and Tracey Kyckelhahn, M.A.BJS Statisticiansn the nations 75 largest counties, an estimated58,100 defendants were charged with a felonyoffense in May 2006. About two-thirds of thesefelony defendants were charged with a drug orproperty offense, while 23% had charges for violentoffenses, such as murder, rape, robbery, or aggra-vated assault (table 1)These are some of the findings from the 2006 StateCourt Processing Statistics (SCPS) data collectionprogram. Since 1988 the Bureau of Justice Statisticshas sponsored a biennial collection of data on fel-ony cases processed in state courts in the nations75largest counties. SCPS collects data on the demo-graphic characteristics, criminal history, pretrialprocessing, adjudication, and sentencing of felonydefendants. Federal defendants and defendantscharged with misdemeanor crimes are not includedin SCPS data (although outcomes of felony cases inwhich charges were reduced to misdemeanors areincluded in some tables). I €About a fourth of felony defendants were charged with a vio-lent offense in 2006.€Forty-three percent of felony defendants had at least one prior felony conviction.€Nearly 60% of felony defendants were released prior to adjudi-cation. The percentage of defendants released pretrial has remained relatively stable since 1990.€The most common form of pretrial release was through com-mercial surety bond. Since 1998, most pretrial releases of state court felony defendants have been under financial conditions requiring the posting of bail.€About a third of released defendants committed some form of pretrial misconduct including 18% who were re-arrested for a new offense committed while they awaited disposition of their case.€Sixty-eight percent of felony defendants were eventually con-victed, and 95% of these convictions occurred through a guilty plea. €A majority (72%) of convicted defendants were convicted of the felony offense with which they were originally charged. €Seventy percent of defendants convicted of a felony were sen-tenced to incarceration in a state prison or local jail.Figure 1. Typical outcome of 100 felony defendants arraigned in state courts in the 75 largest counties, May 2006 100felony defendantsArraignmentProsecution 8 diversion or other outcome 23 dismissed 69 prosecuted 4 trials 1 acquittal 3 convictions 65 guilty pleas 56felony11 misdemeanor 24 prison 24 jail 17 probation 3 other 58 released 42 detained Note:Typical outcome based on the percentage reportedforkey measures inTables 5 and11.Numbers may not addto expecttotals because ofrounding. Revised 7/1/2010 2Felony Defendants in La Two-thirds of felony defendants were charged with drug or property crimesBetween 1994 and 2006, drug defendants com-prised the largest group of felony cases in the 75largest counties, ranging from 34% to 37% (figure. Property defendants accounted for 29% to 31%of felony cases during this period. From 1990 to2006, the percentage of felony defendants chargedwith a violent offense declined from 27% to 23%,while those charged with a public-order offenseincreased from 7% to 11%.The proportion of felony defendants over age 40 rose from 1990 through 2006The proportion of defendants age 40 or older rosefrom 10% in 1990 to 26% in 2006 (figure 3)1996 about a third of defendants were under age 25,a smaller proportion than from 1990 to 1994, whenabout two-fifths of defendants were this young. More felony defendants have prior felony arrest or conviction recordsThe percentage of defendants with one or moreprior felony arrests rose to 64% in 2006, continuingan upward trend that began after 1992 when 55%had a felony arrest record (not shown). The per-centage with a felony conviction record alsoincreased from 36% in 1990 to 43% in 2006.Surety bond surpassed release on recognizance in 1998 as the most common type of pretrial releaseFrom 1990 to 2002 the percentage of felony defen-dants released prior to case disposition remainedfairly consistent, ranging from 62% to 64% (notshown). After 2002 there was a slight decline to 58%of defendants released before case disposition. Amore pronounced trend was observed in the type ofrelease used (figure 4). From 1990 through 1994,release on recognizance (ROR) accounted for 42%of releases, compared to 24% released on suretybond. From 2002 through 2006, surety bonds wereused for 42% of releases, compared to 26% for ROR.Overall conviction rates remained relatively stable at 68% from 2002 to 2006The overall proportion of felony defendants con-victed of a felony or convicted of charges reduced toa misdemeanor remained at approximately two-thirds of all felony defendants (not shown). Simi-larly, the incarceration rate for defendants convictedof a felony remained relatively stable, ranging from70% in 1994 to 77% in 1998. Figure 2. Most serious arrest charge of felony defendants in the 75 largest counties, 1990 to 2006 5101520253540 Public-orderPropertyPercent of defendants20042002200019981996199419921990 Figure 3. Age at arrest of felony defendants in the 75 largest counties, 1990 to 2006 01020304050 Percent of defendants20042002200019981996199419921990 Trends 1990-2006 Figure 4. Type of pretrial release of felony defendants in the 75 largest counties, 1990 to 2006 01020304050 Full cash bondROR-citation releaseSurety bondPercent of defendants200620042002200019981996199419921990 May 20103 Nearly a fourth of felony defendants were charged with violent offenses in 2006The 2006 SCPS collected case processing data for16,211 defendants charged with a felony duringMay 2006 in 39 counties. These cases were part ofa two-stage sample that was representative of theestimated 58,100 felony defendants whose caseswere processed in the 75 largest counties duringthat month. In 2006, 37% of the U.S. populationresided in these counties. According to the FederalBureau of Investigations Uniform Crime Report,these same counties also accounted for 49% of allserious violent crimes and 41% of all serious prop-erty crimes reported in the United States.During May 2006 an estimated 13,295 felonydefendants were charged with a violent offense inthe nation's 75largest counties (23% of all felonydefendants) (table 1). About half of those facedassault charges, and about a fourth were chargedwith robbery. Murder defendants comprised 3% ofthe defendants charged with a violent felony, whilerape defendants accounted for 5%. (See Methodol-ogy for the specific crimes included in each offensecategory.)Nearly two-thirds of felony defendants werecharged with property or drug offenses. Amongproperty defendants, approximately a third werecharged with larceny or theft, and about a fourthwere charged with burglary. Less than half of drugdefendants were charged with drug trafficking.Public-order offenses were the most serious chargeof the remaining 11% of defendants. At least 52%of felony defendants charged with a violent, prop-erty, or drug crime were charged with additionalcrimes as well (see Appendix table 1).Table 1. Felony defendants, by most serious arrest charge, 2006Felony defendants in the 75 largest countiesMost serious arrest charge95% Confidence intervalNumber PercentLower boundUpper boundAll offenses58,100100.0%Violent offenses13,29522.9%21.6%24.2%Murder3700.60.50.8Robbery3,4515.2Assault6,38611.010.112.0Other violent2,4193.5Property offenses16,94829.2%27.7%30.7%Burglary4,4957.77.0Larceny/theft5,2689.18.110.1Motor vehicle theft1,6612.5Forgery1,4162.1Fraud2,1283.0Other property1,9802.9Drug offenses21,23236.5%34.8%38.3%Trafficking8,48714.613.016.4Other drug12,74521.919.924.1Public-order offenses6,62411.4%10.4%12.5%Weapons1,9582.9Driving-related1,8372.5Other public-order2,8304.3Note: Data for the specific arrest charge were available for all cases. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Felony case processing, 2006 4Felony Defendants in La Felony defendants charged with robbery and weapons offenses were on average age27 at arrestThe average age of defendants at the time of arrestwas 32 years (table 2). By specific offense, the average age ranged from 27 years for robbery andweapons offense defendants to 36 years for thosecharged with a driving-related offense. Thirteenpercent of robbery defendants were under 18 yearsold, although the age group represented only 3% ofall felony defendants. Thirty-nine percent of defen-dants charged with a driving-related offense wereage 40 or older, although this age group representedonly 26% of all felony defendants. Forty-five percent of the felony defendants in the 75largest counties were non-Hispanic blacks, and 82%of felony defendants were male (see Appendixtables 2 and 3).About a third of felony defendants had an active criminal justice status at the time of arrestThirty-one percent of felony defendants were incustody, awaiting trial, or on probation or parolewhen arrested on the current felony charge (table. When just the most serious criminal justice sta-tus is considered, 12% of felony defendants hadbeen released pending disposition of a previouscase, 9% were on probation, and 4% were on parole.Approximately 40% of felony defendants had previously been convicted of a felonyThe majority of felony defendants had at least oneprior arrest (77%), and 69% had multiple priorarrests (table 4). Felony defendants charged with apublic-order (81%) or drug (81%) offense weremore likely to have been previously arrested thanthose charged with a property (74%) or violent(71%) offense. Felony public-order defendants(66%) and felony drug defendants (66%) wereslightly more likely to have a conviction recordcompared to felony defendants overall (61%).Nearly half of felony drug defendants (49%) andpublic-order defendants (47%) had a prior felonyconviction, compared to 43% of all felony defen-dants. Nearly 3 in 4 defendants with a convictionrecord had at least one prior felony conviction, andabout half had multiple prior felony convictions.Appendix tables 4 through 7 offer more statistics onfelony defendants criminal history. Table 2. Age at arrest of felony defendants, by most serious arrest charge, 2006Percent of felony defendants who were—Most serious arrest chargeNumber of defendantsTotalUnder 1818-2021-2425-2930-34 35-3940 or olderAverage age at arrest (years)All offenses57,948100%314171613122632Violent offenses13,246100%616171612102331Murder370100%71918241371128665100%415151616151830Robbery3,451100%13271712881527Assault6,376100%313171714112532Other violent2,385100%211151514123134Property offenses16,882100%215151713132532Burglary4,486100%319161511132331Larceny/theft5,259100%214131612142933Motor vehicle theft1,653100%423171614111629Forgery1,416100%19181914112832Fraud2,091100%18121916162934Other property1,977100%216201814102030Drug offenses21,223100%213171513122832Trafficking8,482100%317221711102130Other drug12,741100%210141413133334Public-order offenses6,597100%212171614112832Weapons1,958100%32527201041227Driving-related1,836100%03121816123936Other public-order2,805100%29131316163134Note: Data on age of defendants were available for 99.7% of all cases. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. May 20105 Table 3. Criminal justice status of felony defendants at time of arrest, by most serious arrest charge, 2006Most serious arrest chargeNumber of defendantsPercent of felony defendants who were on—TotalProbationPretrial release ParoleOtherAll offenses56,58331%9Violent offenses12,88127%811Murder36231%111365020%4Robbery3,37831%9Assault6,11827%711Other violent2,37222%8Property offenses16,33033%1113Burglary4,37437%13Larceny/theft4,90232%814Motor vehicle theft1,63840%1613Forgery1,37532%1013Fraud2,07325%811Other property1,96432%12Drug offenses20,80030%913Trafficking8,14730%81612,65129%1011Public-order offenses6,57235%914Weapons1,93038%1314Driving-related1,83327%811Other public-order2,81039%71711Note: Data on criminal justice status at time of arrest were available for 97% of all cases. Some defendants with a criminal justicestatus had more than one type of status. For those cases, the status indicated is the most serious. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding.Includes defendants in custody at the time of arrest. Table 4. Prior arrests and convictions of felony defendants at time of arrest, by most serious arrestcharge, 2006Percent of defendants with—Most serious arrest Number of defendantsAt least one prior arrestMultiple prior At least one prior convictionMultiple prior convictionsAt least one prior felony convictionAll offenses56,58377%69%61%49%43%Violent offenses12,88171%62%53%41%35%Murder36281650563118Robbery3,37873646,11874Other violent2,37262Property offenses16,33074%66%58%47%42%Burglary4,3748173665449Larceny/theft4,9026944Motor vehicle theft1,63885775751Forgery1,37571614137Fraud2,07362Other property1,9647747Drug offenses20,80081%74%66%53%49%Trafficking8,1477861Other drug12,65183Public-order offenses6,57281%74%66%54%47%Weapons1,9308071Driving-related1,83388Other public-order2,8107871625348Note: Data on whether a defendant had any prior arrests and the number of prior arrest charges were available for 99% of all current arrest cases. Data on the number of prior convictions were available for 99% of all cases. 6Felony Defendants in La Nearly 6 out of 10 felony defendants were released before final case dispositionAn estimated 58% of felony defendants in the75largest counties were released before final dispo-sition of their cases (table 5). Defendants chargedwith a violent offense (52%) were less likely to bereleased than those whose most serious arrestcharge was a public-order (62%) or drug (60%)offense.Within the violent offense category, release ratesvaried greatly. Just 8% of murder defendants werereleased, compared to 59% of those charged withassault. Among defendants charged with a propertyoffense, less than half of those charged with bur-glary (44%) or motor vehicle theft (44%) werereleased prior to case disposition. Higher propor-tions of those charged with fraud (74%) or larcenyor theft (66%) were released.The most common form of pretrial release was through commercial surety bond Overall, 70% of felony defendants had a bailamount set by the court, and were required to postall or part of that amount to secure release whiletheir case was pending (table 6). The remainderwere granted non-financial release (25%), wereordered held without bail (5%), or were part of anemergency release (less than 0.5%). The most common type of release was surety bond(42% of released defendants), which involves theservices of a commercial bail bond agent (figure 5)In 2006 an estimated 6% of felony defendantsreleased through surety bond also had conditionsattached to that release, including pretrial monitor-ing. Other types of financial release were depositbond (8% of released defendants) and full cashbond (5%.) (See Methodology for definitions relatedto pretrial release.) Less than half of released defendants were releasedunder non-financial conditions (not requiring theposting of bail). The most common types of non-financial release were release on personal recogni-zance (28% of released defendants) and conditionalrelease (12% of released defendants). See Appendixtable 8 for more statistics about pretrial release.Median bail amounts were 5 times higher for detained defendants than for released defendantsBail was set at $10,000 for more than half of defen-dants who had bail set (table 7). The overall medianbail amount set for defendants charged with a vio-lent offense was about twice that amount ($22,000).Defendants detained until disposition of their caseshad a median bail amount set at $25,000 comparedto defendants who were released on bail, for whombail was set at a median of $5,000. Table 5. Felony defendants released before or detained until case disposition, by most serious arrest charge, 2006Percent of defendants who were—Most serious arrest Number of defendantsTotalReleased before case dispositionDetained until case dispositionAll offenses57,560100%5842Violent offenses13,187100%5248Murder365100%892Rape666100%5743Robbery3,431100%3961Assault6,322100%5941Other violent2,402100%5941Property offenses16,738100%5941Burglary4,469100%4456Larceny/theft5,197100%66Motor vehicle theft1,625100%44Forgery1,401100%6535Fraud2,093100%7426Other property1,952100%6139Drug offenses21,050100%6040Trafficking8,462100%6337Other drug12,588100% /Public-order offenses6,585100%6238Weapons1,958100%5644Driving-related1,833100%7228Other public-order2,794100%6040Note: Data on detention or release outcome were available for 99% of all cases. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding./Data not reported. See Methodology section for discussion of pretrial release for other drug crime defendants. Figure 5. Pretrial release of felony defendants in the 75 largest counties, 2006 01020304050 Full cash bondRecognizanceSurety bondType of pretrial releasePercent of released defendants May 20107 Table 6. Type of pretrial release or detention of felony defendants, by most serious arrest charge, 2006Percent of felony defendants who were—Most serious arrest chargeNumber of defendantsReleased before case dispositionDetained until case dispositionFinancialNon-financialEmergencyHeld on bailDenied bailAll offenses57,55833%25%--%37%Violent offenses13,18633%19% --%40%Murder3655247Rape6663621Robbery3,43021185110Assault6,3224019Other violent2,4013722Property offenses16,73630%29% --%38%Burglary4,469251951Larceny/theft5,198343231Motor vehicle theft1,623242149Forgery1,4012936Fraud2,093344024Other property1,9502734Drug offenses21,04932%27%0%37%4%Trafficking8,4623924Other drug12,5862829Public-order offenses6,58739%23% --%33%Weapons1,9593620Driving-related1,8334922Other public-order2,7943525Note: Data on specific type of pretrial release or detention were available for 96% of all cases. --Less than 0.5%. Table 7. Median and mean bail amounts set for felony defendants, by pretrial release/detention outcome and most serious arrest charge, 2006Median bail amountMean bail amountMost serious arrest chargeTotalReleasedDetainedTotalReleasedDetainedAll offenses$10,000$5,000$25,000$55,500$17,100$89,900Violent offenses$22,000$9,500$50,000$112,000$23,400$185,500Murder1,000,000100,0001,000,0001,001,700231,3001,096,40050,00020,000100,000150,60035,200271,100Robbery45,00010,00050,00096,30024,900125,70010,0007,50039,50087,40019,500164,40020,00010,00075,00094,80025,300162,900Property offenses$8,500$5,000$15,000$29,300$12,400$42,800Burglary14,5007,50020,00036,20012,90047,600Larceny/theft5,0004,00015,00026,70010,00046,100Motor vehicle theft5,5002,60015,00029,30017,80034,900Forgery6,0005,00020,00025,5009,30042,100Fraud5,0003,00010,00024,80018,80034,000Other property10,0004,00020,00023,6009,50034,300Drug offenses$10,000$5,000$20,000$43,100$18,600$66,000Trafficking15,00010,00030,00064,70029,800105,7008,0005,00015,00026,6008,00041,200Public-order offenses$7,500$5,000$20,000$37,600$11,000$69,800Weapons15,0005,00035,00053,70015,00088,900Driving-related5,0005,00015,50027,8009,40068,000Other public-order5,0005,00010,00031,8009,60054,700Note: Data on bail amounts were available for 98% of all defendants for whom a bail amount was set. Bail amounts have been rounded to the nearest hundred dollars. Table excludes defendants given nonfinancial release. 8Felony Defendants in La Criminal histories associated with lower probability of pretrial releaseMany states have established specific criteria forcourts to consider when setting release conditions,including the defendants criminal history andcriminal justice system status at time of arrest. TheSCPS data illustrate how release rates vary withsome of these factors. For example, 65% of thedefendants without an active criminal justice statuswhen arrested for the current offense were releasedprior to case disposition, compared to 41% of thedefendants with an active criminal justice statuswho were detained (table 8)Other criteria considered include prior arrests andprevious failures to appear in court. Seventy-fivepercent of the defendants with no prior arrests werereleased, compared to 53% of those who had beenpreviously arrested. Among defendants with anarrest record, those who had never missed a courtappearance (61%) had a higher probability of beingreleased than those who had failed to appear at leastonce during a previous case (51%). About three-fourths of defendants without a priorconviction (74%) were released prior to dispositionof the current case, compared to about half of thosewith a conviction record (48%). Table 8. Felony defendants released or detained prior to case disposition, by criminal history, 2006Percent of defendants who were—Released prior to case dispositionDetained until case dispositionCriminal historyNumber of defendantsTotal Financial releaseNon-financial releaseTotalHeld on bailDenied bailAny criminal history17,20441%231859%4910On parole 2,23914%7786%7610In custody99127%18973%5023On probation5,19134%201566%57On pretrial release6,99753%292447%381,78755%322345%3510None38,87965%362935%32Court appearance historyWith prior arrest(s)43,89653%302347%42With prior failure to appear13,82251%242649%43Made all prior appearances21,14761%372439%33No prior arrests13,29175%413425%22Number of prior convictionsWith prior conviction(s)34,55448%272152%465 or more 16,22839%221761%55 2-411,61652%302248%426,71061%342739%34With no prior convictions22,47174%413226%23Most serious prior convictionAny type of felony24,65642%241858%51Violent felony7,21641%241759%50Nonviolent felony15,17545%261955%49Misdemeanor9,89761%332839%36Note: Subsets will not sum to totals because of missing data. May 20109 A third of released defendants committed some form of pretrial misconductAmong defendants who were released prior to casedisposition, 33% committed some type of miscon-duct while on pretrial release (table 9). Misconductincluded failure to appear in court, an arrest for anew offense, or some other violation of release con-ditions that resulted in the revocation of that releaseby the court. The proportion of defendants chargedwith pretrial misconduct was highest for drugdefendants (37%) and lowest for those released afterbeing charged with a violent offense (26%).Overall, 18% of released defendants were re-arrested for a new offense allegedly committedwhile they awaited disposition of their original case.Sixty-three percent of these defendants, or 11% ofall released defendants, were charged with a newfelony. Eighty-two percent of defendants who werereleased prior to case disposition made all sched-uled court appearances. Courts issued bench war-rants for the remaining 18% for failing to appear.Nearly a fourth of the defendants who failed toappear in court, or 4% of all released defendants,were still fugitives at the end of the 1-year studyperiod. The remainder returned to the court (eithervoluntarily or not) before the end of the study.Table 9. Released felony defendants committing misconduct, by most serious arrest charge, 2006Percentage of defendants with—Most serious arrest chargeNumberAny pretrial misconductFailure to appear Fugitive statusRearrestRearrest for a felonyAll offenses33,27933%18%4%18%11%Violent offenses6,89026%11%2%16%9%Murder28000Rape3762063Robbery1,323391622715Assault3,7472510215Other violent1,416208310Property offenses9,77035%20%5%18%11%Burglary1,963372151912Larceny/theft3,452312041710Motor vehicle theft721532443021Forgery9033421614Fraud1,5502718611Other property1,1823820416Drug offenses12,53437%21%5%20%13%Trafficking5,3563819424157,178362351612Public-order offenses4,08531%16%4%15%9%Weapons1,098281131710Driving-related1,3183419514Other public-order1,6693018415Types of misconduct include failure to appear in court, rearrest for a new offense, or a technical violation of release conditithat resulted in the revocation of pretrial release. Data were collected for up to 1 year. Data on the court appearance record for the current case were available for 99% of cases involving a defendant released prior tdisposition. Defendants who failed to appear in court and were not returned to the court during the 1-year study period are counted as fugitives. Some of these defendants may have been returned to the court at a later date.Rearrest data were available for 97% of released defendants. Rearrest data were collected for 1 year. Rearrests occurring afterend of this 1-year study period are not included in the table. Information on rearrests occurring in jurisdictions other than the one granting the pretrial release were not always available. 10Felony Defendants in Almost 9 out of 10 felony defendants cases were adjudicated within 1 yearThe median time from arrest to adjudication for allfelony defendants was 92 days, yet nearly 4 timeslonger for murder defendants (364 days) and about2.5 times longer for rape defendants (228 days)(table 10). Defendants charged with a non-traffick-ing drug offense had the shortest median time fromarrest to adjudication (50 days). Nearly 90% of allfelony cases were adjudicated within 1 year ofarrest.Approximately two-thirds of felony defendants were convictedSixty-eight percent of the defendants whose caseswere adjudicated within 1 year of arrest (or 2 yearsfor felony murder defendants) were convicted (table11). Overall, nearly two-thirds of defendantsentered a guilty plea, with 55% pleading guilty to afelony and 10% pleading guilty to a misdemeanor.In most cases where the defendants were not con-victed it was because the charges against the defen-dants were dismissed. About a quarter of all casesended in this way. Defendants charged with assault(39%) were 3 times or more likely to have their casedismissed as those charged with a driving-relatedoffense (11%) or murder (13%).Guilty pleas accounted for 95% of convictionsGuilty pleas accounted for 95% of the estimated32,876 convictions obtained within 1 year of arrest.This included about 26,000 felony pleas and about5,000 misdemeanor pleas (not shown). Defendantscharged with a driving-related offense had the high-est plea rate (81%) and the highest felony plea rate(72%) (not shown). More than 6 out of 10 defen-dants in each offense category except assault (54%)eventually pleaded guilty to either a felony or a mis-demeanor (figure 6)Regardless of adjudication method, a majority(72%) of convicted defendants were convicted ofthe felony offense with which they were originallycharged (figure 7). More than three-fourths ofdefendants convicted of driving-related, weapons,or murder offenses were convicted of their originalarrest charges. In comparison, about half of con-victed rape defendants were convicted of their orig-inal arrest charges.Table 10. Time from arrest to adjudication for felony defendants, by most serious arrest charge, 2006Most serious arrest chargeNumber of defendantsCumulative percent of cases adjudicated within—Median time 1 week1 month3 months6 months1 yearAll offenses58,01792days7%26%49%71%88%Violent offenses13,266139days4%16%37%60%83%Murder3703642572050663228711234469Robbery3,4491443143460866,369121419426486Other violent2,416141616366081Property offenses16,93185days6%26%52%74%90%Burglary4,49686425527691Larceny/theft5,26492622497289Motor vehicle theft1,65061832597990Forgery1,41880828557791Fraud2,12692824496886Other property1,98074629567893Drug offenses21,20575days10%32%55%75%90%Trafficking8,48711252043678812,719501340628091Public-order offenses6,61592days7%24%49%72%89%Weapons1,95888625527490Driving-related 1,837114419416989Other public-order2,821801027547490Note: Data on time from arrest to adjudication were available for 99.9% 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 2 years. All other cases were tracked for 1 year. May 201011 Table 11. Adjudication outcome for felony defendants, by most serious arrest charge, 2006Percent of defendants who were—Convicted of—Most serious arrest Number of defendantsTotal convictedFelonyMisdemeanorNot convictedOther outcome*TotalPleaTrialTotalPleaTrialTotalDismissedAcquittedAll offenses51,92268%56%55211%10124%2318%Violent offenses11,30361%50%45411%10134%3315%Murder26681%81%42390%0018%1352Rape46662%50%46412%11134%3224Robbery2,98871%64%6057%7--25%2414Assault5,58254%40%37314%13141%3926Other violent2,00162%52%49311%10132%3116Property offenses15,35170%57%56113%12122%2218%Burglary4,13277%67%66110%9117%1616Larceny/theft4,72267%53%52114%13124%2319Motor vehicle theft1,50172%65%65--7%7024%2314Forgery1,30170%55%54116%15120%19110Fraud1,83564%49%49--15%13226%26011Other property1,86069%49%48120%18226%26--5Drug offenses19,29568%59%56110%9120%20--12%Trafficking7,57474%63%61111%11--20%1916Other drug11,72064%56%5518%8121%20--15ublic-order offenses5,97372%60%58112%11121%2116%Weapons1,77568%59%5829%8128%2624Driving-related 1,64285%75%73210%9111%1105Other public-order2,55767%51%50116%15124%24--9Note: Eleven percent of all cases were still pending adjudication at the end of the 1-year study period and are excluded from the table. Murder defendants were followed for an additional year. Data on adjudication outcome were available for over 99.9% of those cases that had been adjudicated. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. --Less than 0.5%.*Includes diversion and deferred adjudication. Figure 6. Probability of conviction for felony defendants in the 75 largest counties by most serious arrest charge, 2006 01 Driving-relatedMurderBurglaryDrug traffickingMotor vehicle theftRobberyForgeryWeaponsAll defendantsLarceny/theftFraud Percent of defendants convicted Figure 7. Conviction charge probability for felony defendants in the 75 largest counties by most serious arrest charge, 2006 01 Percent of defendants convictedOriginalfelonychargeOtherfelonychargeMisdemeanorDriving-relatedWeaponsMurderMotor vehicle theftRobberyBurglaryAll defendantsLarceny/theftFraudDrug traffickingForgery 12Felony Defendants in Almost three-quarters of convicted offenders were sentenced to incarcerationSeventy-three percent of offenders convicted of afelony were sentenced to incarceration in a stateprison or local jail (table 12), compared to 57% ofthose convicted of a misdemeanor. Almost all (98%) sentences for a murder convictionresulted in a prison sentence, as did a majority ofrobbery (72%), rape (67%), and weapons offense(53%) convictions. About a third of offenders con-victed of forgery (38%) or larceny or theft (32%)were sentenced to prison. Of all misdemeanors,54% went to jail and 22% were sentenced to proba-tion. Nearly all incarceration sentences for misde-meanor convictions were to jail.Table 12. Most severe sentence received by convicted offenders, by most serious conviction offense, 2006Percent of convicted offenders sentenced to—Most serious convictionoffenseNumber of offendersIncarcerationNon-incarcerationTotal Total PrisonJailTotalProbationOtherAll offenses33,025100%70%353630%255Felonies27,810100%73%403227%252Violent offenses4,713100%80%552620%181Murder147100%100%9820%00146100%80%671221%210Robbery1,515100%86%721414%131Assault1,893100%76%433324%231Other violent1,014100%76%423424%204Property offenses8,573100%75%383725%232Burglary2,307100%82%473518%161Larceny/theft2,685100%71%323929%272Motor vehicle theft997100%87%503713%121Forgery662100%72%383428%271Fraud964100%55%243145%405Other property957100%78%344322%202Drug offenses10,710100%67%363233%312Trafficking3,370100%77%473023%221Other drug7,339100%63%303237%353Public-order offenses3,749100%73%413227%252Weapons 1,100100%80%532720%191Driving-related1,197100%65%353035%314Other public-order1,451100%74%373726%242Misdemeanors5,212100%57%35443%2221Note: Data on type of sentence were available for 94% of convicted defendants. Sentences to incarceration that were wholly sus-pended are included under probation. Nine percent of prison sentences and 68% of jail sentences included a probation term. Sen-tences to incarceration or probation may have included a fine, restitution, community service, treatment, or other court-ordereconditions. Other sentences may include fines, community service, restitution, and treatment. Total for all felonies includes cases that could not be classified into one of the four major offense categories.Details may not sum to totals because of rounding. May 201013 Average prison sentences were more than 4 yearsAmong offenders convicted of a felony and sen-tenced to prison, the mean sentence was 49 monthsand the median was 24 months (table 13). By gen-eral conviction offense category, offenders con-victed of a violent felony received the longest prisonsentences (mean of 94 months and median of 48months), and those convicted of a public-order fel-ony received the shortest (mean of 33 months andmedian of 24 months).For offenders sentenced to probation without incar-ceration for a felony, the median sentence lengthwas 33 months, compared to 19 months for a mis-demeanor. Three percent of offenders convicted of afelony were given a probation term of greater than 5 years (not shown).More than a quarter of felony offenders sentencedto probation were required to enter a treatment pro-gram, including 41% convicted for felony drugcrimes. Nineteen percent of the offenders whoreceived a probation sentence were required to per-form community service (table 14)Table 13. Length of sentence received by convicted offenders, by most serious conviction offense and sentence type, 2006Most severe type of sentence receivedJailProbationNumber of offendersSentence length Number of offendersSentence lengthNumber of offendersSentence lengthMost serious conviction offenseMeanMedianMeanMedianMeanMedianAll offenses11,35949mo24mo11,1816mo4mo8,12431mo24moFelonies11,35949mo24mo8,6096mo5mo6,99733mo24moViolent offenses2,55094481,162968533824Property offenses3,27338242,977761,9743224Drug offenses3,80134243,290533,2473236Public-order offenses1,54533241,145659153424Misdemeanors0~mo~mo2,5725mo4mo1,12719mo12mo~Not applicableSeven percent of prison sentences included a probation term, and 9% included a fine. Fifty percent of jail sentences included a probation term, and 13% included a fine.Data on length of prison sentence were available for over 99.9% of all cases in which a defendant received a prison sentence. Data on length of jail sentence were available for 95% of all cases in which a defendant received a jail sentence. Table excludes portions of sentences that were suspended.Data on length of probation sentence were available for 99% of all cases in which the most severe type of sentence a defendant received was probation.Total for felony offenses includes cases that could not be classified into one of the four major offense categories. Table 14. Conditions of probation sentence received most often by offenders, by most serious conviction offense, 2006Most serious conviction offensePercent whose sentence to probation includedNumber of offendersCommunity serviceRestitutionTreatmentAll offenses8,20719%9%28%Felonies7,07017%9%28%Violent offenses96416923Property offenses1,996182414Drug offenses3,27016141Public-order offenses93120515Misdemeanors1,13727%12%26%Note: Total for felonies includes cases that could not be classified into one of the four felony offense categories. A defendant may have received more than one type of probation condition. Not all offenders sentenced to probation received probation conditions. 14Felony Defendants in Convicted offenders with multiple prior felony convictions were the most likely to be incarceratedFor offenders convicted of a felony on their currentcharge, the probability of receiving a sentence toincarceration was highest if they had multiple priorfelony convictions (83%) (table 15). Seventy-sixpercent of offenders with just one prior felony con-viction and 70% of those with only prior misde-meanor convictions were also sentenced to incar-ceration following a felony conviction in theircurrent case.Offenders with no prior convictions of any type(60%) were generally the least likely to receive asentence to incarceration for a felony conviction,although 74% of them received such a sentencewhen the conviction was for a violent felony.Fifty-four percent of the offenders with more thanone prior felony conviction were sentenced toprison for a new felony conviction. This included67% of those whose current conviction was for aviolent felony.Twenty-six percent of defendants with prior misde-meanor convictions received a prison sentence for afelony conviction in the current case only. However,more than two-fifths of such defendants (44%)received a prison sentence when the current convic-tion was for a violent felony. Appendix tables 9through 12 provide more statistics about sentenc-ing.Table 15. Most severe type of sentence received by offenders convicted of a felony, by prior conviction record, 2006Percent of offenders convicted of a felony and sentenced to— Prior conviction record and most serious current felony convictionNumber of offendersIncarcerationNon-incarcerationTotalTotalPrisonJailTotalProbationOther*More than 1 prior felony convictionAll offenses10,196100%83%542917%161Violent offenses1,101100%88%672212%111Property offenses3,176100%88%602812%111Drug offenses4,630100%77%463223%212Public-order offenses1,265100%86%592714%1311 prior felony convictionAll offenses4,695100%76%453124%221Violent offenses654100%82%622018%171Property offenses1,323100%80%413920%191Drug offenses1,921100%69%393031%292Public-order offenses793100%83%523118%161Prior misdemeanor convictions onlyAll offenses4,535100%70%264430%282Violent offenses875100%83%443917%161Property offenses1,509100%74%195526%242Drug offenses1,429100%58%203843%412Public-order offenses722100%69%323831%265No prior convictionsAll offenses8,102100%60%293140%383Violent offenses2,027100%74%502426%242Property offenses2,486100%56%213644%403Drug offenses2,622100%54%253046%433Public-order offenses930100%52%173549%463Note: Data on prior conviction record and type of sentence were available for 96% of all convicted felony offenders. Sentences to incarceration may have also included a probation term, and probation sentences may have included additional court ordered conditions. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. *Other sentences may include fines, community service, restitution, and treatment. May 201015 The State Court Processing Statistics (SCPS) sam-ple was designed and selected by U.S. CensusBureau staff. It is a two-stage stratified sample,with 40 of the nations 75 largest counties selectedat stage one and a systematic sample of state courtfelony filings (defendants) within each countyselected at stage two. The 40 counties were dividedinto four first-stage strata based on overall popula-tion, arrests, and felony filing information. The first stratum was designed to include 10 coun-ties selected with certainty because of their largenumber of court filings; however, one of thesecounties was dropped because of problems withdata quality. Clark County (NV), which had beenselected as a stratum-one site, was droppedbecause of problems with overall completeness ofthe electronic case management data received.Specifically, Clark County was not able to providepretrial, adjudication, and sentencing case pro-cessing data. Because these problems were notconfirmed until late in the data collection process,it was too late to find alternative methods forretrieving SCPS data from this site. Hence, thefirst-stage weight for stratum-one counties waschanged from 1.00 to 1.111. The remaining counties were allocated to the threenon-certainty strata based on the variance of fel-ony court filings, population, and arrest data.The second-stage sampling (filings) was designedto represent all defendants who had felony casesfiled with the court during the month of May2006. The participating jurisdictions provideddata for every felony case filed on selected daysduring that month. Depending on the first-stagestratum in which it had been placed, each jurisdic-tion provided filings data for 5, 10, or 20 selectedbusiness days in May 2006. Data from jurisdic-tions that were not required to provide a fullmonth of filings were weighted to represent thefull month.The 2006 SCPS collected data for 16,211 defen-dants charged with a felony offense during May2006 in 39 large counties. These cases were part ofa sample that was representative of the estimated58,100 felony defendants whose cases were pro-cessed in the nation's 75 largest counties duringthat month. Defendants charged with murderwere tracked for up to 2 years, and all other defen-dants were followed for up to 1 year.This report is based on data collected from the fol-lowing jurisdictions: Arizona (Maricopa, Pima);California (Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino,Ventura); Connecticut (Hartford); Florida (Bro-ward, Miami-Dade, Hillsborough; Orange);Hawaii (Honolulu); Illinois (Cook); Indiana (Mar-ion); Maryland (Baltimore, Montgomery, PrinceGeorge); Michigan (Oakland, Wayne); Missouri(Saint Louis); New Jersey (Essex, Middlesex); NewYork (Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Suffolk);North Carolina (Wake); Ohio (Cuyahoga, Frank-lin, Hamilton); Tennessee (Shelby); Texas (Dallas,El Paso, Harris, Tarrant); Utah (Salt Lake City);Washington (King); and Wisconsin (Milwaukee).Because the data come from a sample, a samplingerror and confidence intervals are associated witheach reported number. Confidence intervals andstandard errors for several key variables in theSCPS database are reported in appendix tables 13and 14. These confidence intervals show wherethe reported SCPS numbers would fall 95% of thetime under repeated sampling. For example, theconfidence intervals for the total number of felonydefendants in the 75 largest counties ranges from53,894 to 62,305 defendants. In other words, ifrepeated sampling of felony case processing in thenations 75 largest counties were undertaken, thereis a 95% confidence that the number of felonydefendants would fall between 53,894 and 62,305.SCPS first-stage designNumber of countiesStratumSampleUniverseWeightOne9101.111Two7121.7149182.000Four14352.500 SCPS second-stage designNumber of days of filings providedWeightOne54.0Two102.0Three102.0Four201.0 Methodology 16Felony Defendants in Offense CategoriesFelony offenses were classified into 16 categories forthis report. These were further classified into thefour major crime categories of violent, property,drug, and public-order. The following lists are arepresentative summary of the crimes in each cate-gory; however, these lists are not meant to beexhaustive. All offenses except murder includeattempts and conspiracies to commitViolent offensesMurder„Includes homicide, non-negligent man-slaughter, and voluntary homicide. Excludesattempted murder (classified as felony assault), neg-ligent homicide, involuntary homicide, or vehicularmanslaughter, which are classified as other violentoffenses.Rape„Includes forcible intercourse, sodomy, orpenetration with a foreign object. Does not includestatutory rape or non-forcible acts with a minor orsomeone unable to give legal consent, nonviolentsexual offenses, or commercialized sex offenses.Robbery„Includes unlawful taking of anything ofvalue by force or threat of force. Includes armed,unarmed, and aggravated robbery, car-jacking,armed burglary, and armed mugging.Assault„Includes aggravated assault, aggravatedbattery, attempted murder, assault with a deadlyweapon, felony assault or battery on a law enforce-ment officer, and other felony assaults. This offensecategory does not include extortion, coercion, orintimidation.Other violent offenses„Includes vehicular man-slaughter, involuntary manslaughter, negligent orreckless homicide, nonviolent or non-forcible sex-ual assault, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment,child or spouse abuse, cruelty to a child, recklessendangerment, hit-and-run with bodily injury,intimidation, and extortion.Property offensesBurglary„Includes any type of entry into a resi-dence, industry, or business with or without the useof force with the intent to commit a felony or theft.Does not include possession of burglary tools, tres-passing, or unlawful entry for which the intent isnot known.Larceny/theft„Includes grand theft, grand larceny,and any other felony theft, including burglary froman automobile, theft of rental property, and mailtheft. This offense category does not include motorvehicle theft, receiving or buying stolen property,fraud, forgery, or deceit.Motor vehicle theft„Includes auto theft, receivingand transferring an automobile, unauthorized useof a vehicle, possession of a stolen vehicle, and lar-ceny or taking of an automobile.Forgery„Includes forging of a drivers license, offi-cial seals, notes, money orders, credit or accesscards or names of such cards or any other docu-ments with fraudulent intent, uttering a forgedinstrument, counterfeiting, and forgery.Fraud„Includes possession and passing of worth-less checks or money orders, possession of falsedocuments or identification, embezzlement, obtain-ing money by false pretenses, credit card fraud, wel-fare fraud, Medicare fraud, insurance claim fraud,fraud, swindling, stealing a thing of value by deceit,and larceny by check.Other property offenses„Includes receiving or buy-ing stolen property, arson, reckless burning, damageto property, criminal mischief, vandalism, criminaltrespassing, possession of burglary tools, andunlawful entry for which the interest is unknown.Drug offensesDrug trafficking„Includes trafficking, sales, distri-bution, possession with intent to distribute or sell,manufacturing, and smuggling of controlled sub-stances. This category does not include possessionof controlled substances.Other drug offenses„Includes possession of con-trolled substances, prescription violations, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia, and other drug law vio-lations.Public-order offensesWeapons„Includes the unlawful sale, distribution,manufacture, alteration, transportation, possession,or use of a deadly weapon or accessory.Driving-related„Includes driving under the influ-ence of drugs or alcohol, driving with a suspendedor revoked license, and any other felony in themotor vehicle code.Other public-order offenses„Includes flight/escape,parole or probation violations, prison contraband,habitual offender, obstruction of justice, rioting,libel, slander, treason, perjury, prostitution, pander-ing, bribery, and tax law violations. May 201017 Pretrial releaseReleased defendant„Includes anydefendant whowas released fromcustody prior to the dispositionof his orher case by the court. It also includesdefendantswho were detained for someperiod oftime before being releasedand defendants whowere returned tocustody after being releasedbecauseof a violation of the conditions ofpretrialrelease. The terms on pretrialreleaseŽ andreleased pending dispositionŽare both used inthis report torefer to all released defendants.Detained defendant„Includes any defendant whoremained in custody from the time of arrest untilthe disposition of his or her case by the court. Thisreport also refers to detained defendants as notreleased.ŽFailure to appear„The bench warrant issued by acourt because the defendant failed to appear asscheduled.Types of financial releaseSurety bond„A bail bond company signs a prom-issory note to the court for the full bail amountand charges the defendant a fee for the service(usually 10% of the full bail amount). If the defen-dant fails to appear, the bond company is liable tothe court for the full bail amount. Frequently, thebond company requires collateral from the defen-dant in addition to the fee.Deposit bond„The defendant deposits a percent-age (usually 10%) of the full bail amount with thecourt. A percentage of the bail is returned after thedisposition of the case, but the court often retainsa small portion for administrative costs. If thedefendant fails to appear in court, he or she is lia-ble to the court for the full bail amount.Full cash bond„The defendant posts the full bailamount in cash with the court. If the defendantmakes all court appearances, the cash is returned.If the defendant fails to appear in court, the bondis forfeited.Property bond„Involves an agreement made by adefendant as a condition of pretrial release requir-ing that property valued at the full bail amount beposted as an assurance of his or her appearance incourt. If the defendant fails to appear in court, theproperty is forfeited. It is also known as collateralbond.ŽTypes of nonfinancial releaseRelease on recognizance (ROR)„The courtreleases some defendants on a signed agreementthat they will appear in court as required. In thisreport, the ROR category includes citation releasesin which arrestees are released pending their firstcourt appearance on a written order issued by lawenforcement or jail personnel.Unsecured bond„The defendant pays no moneyto the court but is liable for the full amount of bailupon failure to appear in court.Conditional release„Defendants are releasedunder specified conditions. A pretrial servicesagency usually conducts monitoring or supervi-sion, if ordered for a defendant. In some cases,such as those involving a third-party custodian ordrug monitoring and treatment, another agencymay be involved in the supervision of the defen-dant. Conditional release sometimes includes anunsecured bond.Other type of releaseEmergency release„Defendants are released inresponse to a court order placing limits on a jailspopulation.Note on pretrial release of other drug defendantsThe detention/release of other drug defendantsŽwas not reported due to issues associated withproperly coding the release status of these defen-dants. Differing coding practices were applied tothe release/detention status of other drug defen-dants in instances involving alternative adjudica-tions. For this reason, the pretrial release/deten-tion status of other drug defendants producedresults that were inconsistent with prior SCPS iter-ations. The other drug crime defendants, however,are included in the totals for drug defendants andfor all felony defendants. Additionally, statisticsreporting bail amounts, time from arrest torelease, and pretrial misconduct for other drugdefendants are shown. 18Felony Defendants in Appendix Table 1. Level of second most serious charge of felony defendants, by most serious primary arrest charge, 2006Most serious arrest Percent of felony defendants who were—Number of defendants Total No other chargesTotalFelonyMisdemeanorAll offenses53,629100%48523616Violent offenses11,930100%415946Murder349100%356565100%356562Robbery2,834100%415953Assault5,778100%454114Other violent2,374100%36644519Property offenses15,897100%484111Burglary4,269100%325711Larceny/theft100%57433210Motor vehicle theft1,653100%534735Forgery1,368100%425846Fraud1,842100%514942Other property1,816100%56442717Drug offenses19,710100%4831Trafficking7,157100%32685611Other drug12,553100%5717Public-order offenses6,092100%594121Weapons1,695100%48523319Driving-related1,778100%58422517Other public-order2,618100%663411Note: Data for the most serious arrest charge and the next most serious arrest charge were available for 92.3% of all cases.Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. May 201019 Appendix Table 2. Race and Hispanic origin of felony defendants, by most serious arrest charge, 2006Percent of felony defendants who were—Most serious arrest chargeNumber of defendantsTotalnon-HispanicWhite non-HispanicOther non-HispanicHispanic, any raceAll offenses56,978100%45224Violent offenses13,035100%47225Murder368100%6710122645100%39130Robbery3,407100%573206,288100%47226Other violent2,329100%33330Property offenses16,545100%39223Burglary4,412100%36127Larceny/theft5,186100%44220Motor vehicle theft1,626100%38531Forgery1,387100%37420Fraud2,021100%3937322Other property1,916100%36321Drug offenses20,904100%49124Trafficking8,348100%591622312,556100%43124Public-order offenses6,494100%41227Weapons1,934100%6014--26Driving-related1,793100%25234Other public-order2,767100%4037222Note: Data on both race and Hispanic origin of defendants were available for 99% of all cases. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding.-- Less than 0.5% 20Felony Defendants in Appendix Table 3. Sex of felony defendants, by most serious arrest charge, 2006Percent of defendantsMost serious arrest chargeNumber of defendantsTotalMaleFemaleAll offenses57,980100%8218Violent offenses13,264100%8713Murder370100%97666100%98Robbery3,446100%9010Assault6,381100%8317Other violent2,400100%8515Property offenses16,907100%7624Burglary4,495100%8812Larceny/theft5,257100%6832Motor vehicle theft1,661100%8713Forgery1,414100%6337Fraud2,109100%6238Other property1,971100%8416Drug offenses21,197100%8317Trafficking8,474100%8812Other drug12,724100%8020Public-order offenses6,612100%8911Weapons1,953100%96Driving-related1,836100%8911Other public-order2,822100%8416Note: Data on sex of defendants were available for 99.8% of all cases. May 201021 Appendix Table 4. Number of prior arrest charges of felony defendants, by most serious current arrest charge,2006Percent of felony defendants in the 75 largest countiesWithout prior With prior arrestMost seriouscurrent arrest chargeNumber of defendants Number of prior arrest charges TotalTotal1 2-4 5-9 10 or moreAll offenses57,722100%2377%8171735Violent offenses13,203100%2971%9171530Murder370100%1981%12172329Rape666100%4456%12181015Robbery3,400100%2773%9161335Assault6,359100%2674%9171633Other violent2,408100%3862%10181618Property offenses16,833100%2674%8161634Burglary4,461100%1981%9161740Larceny/theft5,217100%3169%8151432Motor vehicle theft1,650100%1585%7191840Forgery1,404100%2971%11211625Fraud2,122100%3862%9151324Other property1,980100%2377%8161934Drug offenses21,116100%1981%7171938Trafficking8,417100%2278%7161837Other drug12,699100%1783%8171939Public-order offenses6,570100%1981%8191936Weapons1,950100%2080%9201932Driving-related1,818100%1288%6202239Other public-order2,802100%2278%7181736Note: Data on whether a defendant had any prior arrests and the number of prior arrest charges were available for 99% of all cases.Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. 22Felony Defendants in Appendix Table 5. Number of prior convictions of felony defendants, by most serious current arrest charge,2006Percent of felony defendants in the 75 largest countiesWith prior convictionMost seriouscurrent arrest chargeNumber ofdefendantsWithout prior convictionNumber of prior convictionsTotalTotal1 2- 4 5- 910 or moreAll offenses57,560100%3961%12201612Violent offenses13,154100%4753%1119139Murder366100%4456%1424163663100%6931%81463Robbery3,395100%4654%111616116,326100%4456%112114112,405100%5248%131996Property offenses16,801100%4258%11181614Burglary4,451100%3466%12191817Larceny/theft5,214100%4654%10151613Motor vehicle theft1,629100%3169%12261713Forgery1,412100%4456%1520129Fraud2,122100%5545%914129Other property1,974100%4060%13181415Drug offenses21,040100%3466%12221714Trafficking8,379100%3961%1221161312,661100%3268%13231914Public-order offenses6,565100%3466%12251812Weapons1,946100%3565%1428159Driving-related1,818100%2872%14282010Other public-order2,801100%3862%10201814Note: Data on number of prior convictions were available for 99% of all cases. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. May 201023 Appendix Table 6. Number of prior felony convictions of felony defendants, by most serious current arrest charge, 2006 Percent of felony defendants—Without prior felony convictionWith prior felony conviction Most serious current arrest chargeNumber of defendantsNonfelonyonlyNo priorconvictionsNumber of prior felony convictions TotalTotal Total1 2- 4 5- 910 or moreAll offenses57,561100%57%173943%141982Violent offenses13,154100%65%184735%121561Murder367100%58%144442%181940663100%82%136918%7830Robbery3,395100%62%154638%131681Assault6,326100%64%204436%131652Other violent2,404100%70%175230%121341Property offenses16,802100%58%174242%121792Burglary4,451100%51%173449%1321114Larceny/theft5,214100%61%144639%1116102Motor vehicle theft1,628100%49%183151%1819112Forgery1,412100%63%194437%131662Fraud2,121100%70%155530%91372Other property1,974100%61%214039%131682Drug offenses21,040100%51%173449%1522102Trafficking8,379100%54%153946%14229212,661100%50%183250%1621113Public-order offenses6,565100%53%193447%172172Weapons1,946100%48%133552%222351Driving-related1,818100%62%342838%161371Other public-order2,801100%52%143848%152372Note: Data on number of prior felony convictions were available for 99% of all cases. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. 24Felony Defendants in Appendix Table 7. Most serious prior conviction of felony defendants, by most seriouscurrent arrest charge, 2006Most serious currentarrest chargeNumber of defendantsMost serious prior conviction ViolentNonviolentMisdemeanorAll offenses55,22413%28%18%Violent offenses12,80816%17%18%Murder35016231566010813Robbery3,308191816Assault6,164171721Other violent2,327131518Property offenses16,04811%28%17%Burglary4,173143218Larceny/theft5,058102715Motor vehicle theft1,4731332Forgery1,367926Fraud2,06462215Other property1,9111225Drug offenses20,04812%34%18%Trafficking8,073123216Other drug11,976123619Public-order offenses6,32016%29%20%Weapons1,861163413Driving-related1,789928Other public-order2,670202615Note: Data were available on the most serious prior felony conviction for 95% of all cases.Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. May 201025 Appendix Table 8. Types of pretrial release or detention of felony defendants, by most serious arrest charge, 2006 Percent of felony defendants released before case dispositionDetained until case dispositionFinancial releaseNonfinancial releaseMost serious arrest Total financialbond*DepositFull cash bondProperty bondTotal non-financialRecognizanceConditionalEmergencyHeld onbailDeniedbailAll offenses33%2553 --25%1673 --37%5%Violent offenses33%2633 --19%1171 --40%8%Murder5%40102%1100454736%2465121%14620349Robbery21%1532118%117 --05110Assault40%3334 --19%10810355Other violent37%3033 --22%1452 --383Property offenses30%2243 --29%1972 --38%4%Burglary25%2131 --19%10710515Larceny/theft34%2733132%2363 --313Motor vehicle theft24%1922 --21%12710496Forgery29%2163 --36%2294 --296Fraud34%2356 --40%3074 --242Other property27%1675034%23820363Drug offenses32%2452 --27%1773037%4%Trafficking39%3053124%17610333Other drug28%2152 --29%17850394Public-order offenses39%2784 --23%1364 --33%5%Weapons36%22103120%11540404Driving-related49%32117022%1273 --235Other public-order35%2753025%1554 --337Note: Data on specific types of pretrial release or detention were available for 96% of all cases. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. *An estimated 6% of defendants released through surety bond also had conditions attached to that release including pretrial monitoring. -- Less than 0.5%. 26Felony Defendants in Appendix Table 9. Time from conviction to sentencing for convicted offenders, by most serious conviction offense, 2006Most serious conviction offensePercent of convicted defendants sentenced withinNumber of offenders Total 0-1 day 2-30 days 31-60 days 61 days or moreAll offenses33,682100%681212Felonies28,018100%661313Violent offenses4,789100%55161811Murder147100%22372814146100%471931Robbery1,567100%53161814Assault1,908100%601516Other violent1,023100%57131911Property offenses8,616100%641414Burglary2,321100%651412Larceny/theft2,708100%691310Motor vehicle theft985100%66141110Forgery661100%542116Fraud979100%641018Other property962100%501923Drug offenses10,833100%731110Trafficking3,415100%61151410Other drug7,418100%78Public-order offenses3,780100%671213Weapons 1,117100%57181610Driving-related1,203100%75910Other public-order1,461100%691112Misdemeanors5,664100%79Note: Data on time from conviction to sentencing were available for 96% of convicted offenders. Total for all felonies includes cases that could not be classified into one of the four major offense categories. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. May 201027 Appendix Table 10. Length of prison sentence for offenders convicted of a felony, by most serious conviction offense, 2006Most serious conviction offenseNumber of offendersPercent receiving a maximum sentence length (in months) 1-24 25-48 49-72 73-120 Over 120*LifeAll felonies11,35951%24%11%8%6%1%Violent offenses2,55027%23%16%15%16%3%Murder138020541529714201122294Robbery10862025162019--Assault816392616109--Other violent41535182212130Property offenses3,27357%22%9%8%4%0%Burglary1,0844924101260Larceny/theft87266205620Motor vehicle theft499611911720Forgery25445309970Fraud235552415520Other property329612112520Drug offenses3,80159%24%9%5%2%0%Trafficking1,5684033121050Other drug2,23473187210Public-order offenses1,54559%25%12%3%2%0%Weapons 582492817520Driving-related423572612420Other public-order54171206120Note: Data on length of prison sentence were available for over 99.9% of all cases in which a defendant received a prison sen-tence. Seven percent of prison sentences included a probation term, and 9% included a fine. Total for all offenses includes cases that could not be classified into one of the four major offense categories. Detail may not sum to total because of round-ing. --Less than 0.5%. *Excludes life sentences. 28Felony Defendants in Appendix Table 11. Length of jail sentence received by convicted offenders, by most serious conviction offense, 2006Most serious conviction offenseNumber of offendersPercent of offenders receiving a maximum jail sentence (in months1 or less 2-3 4-6 7-9 10-12Over 12All offenses11,18125%19%25%8%18%4%Felonies8,60924%18%27%9%18%4%Violent offenses1,16214%16%30%12%22%7%Robbery207931122418Assault59615183511211Other violent33920162413199Property offenses2,97718%17%29%11%19%5%Burglary77014183213204Larceny/theft97521132811208Motor vehicle theft34113203613126Forgery222202631153Fraud263222022292Other property40722182613183Drug offenses3,29031%19%24%6%17%3%Trafficking994161534207Other drug2,296382119152Public-order offenses1,14528%15%27%11%17%3%Weapons 2942982716181Driving-related35825152811156Other public-order492292025172Misdemeanors2,57230%25%20%4%17%4%Note: Data on length of jail sentence were available for 95% of all cases in which a defendant received a jail sentence. Table excludes portions of sentences that were suspended. Fifty percent of jail sentences included a probation term and 13% included a fine. Murder and rape have been excluded from the detail because few of murder and rape convictions resulted in a jail sentence. The total for violent offenses, however, does include these cases. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. May 201029 Appendix Table 12. Length of probation sentence received by convicted offenders, by most serious conviction offense, 2006Most serious conviction offenseNumber of offenders Percent of defendants receiving a probation sentence of (in months) 1-1213-2425-3637-4849-60Over 60All offenses8,12421%35%29%2%10%3%All felonies6,99716%36%31%3%12%3%Violent offenses8531936205174Property offenses1,9742036222182Drug offenses3,247133343263Public-order offenses9151745162145Misdemeanors1,12754%29%16%0%--1%Note: Data on length of probation sentence were available for 99% of all cases in which the most severe type of sentence a defendant received was probation. Eighteen percent of those sentenced to probation also received a fine. Total for felonies includes cases that could not be classified into one of the four categories.Detail may not sum to total because of rounding.--Less than 0.5%. 30Felony Defendants in Appendix Table 13. Standard errors and confidence intervals for felony in defendants in the nations's 75 largest population counties, by most serious arrest charge, 2006Most serious arest chargeEstimated number95% confidence intervalStandard errorLower bound Upper boundNumber of felony casesAll offenses58,1002,07153,89462,305Violent offenses13,29555912,16014,430Murder3704028845266957554783Robbery3,4512352,9733,929Assault6,3863525,6727,101Other violent2,4192181,9772,861Property offenses16,94867015,58818,309Burglary4,4952923,9025,088Larceny/theft5,2683304,5985,937Motor vehicle theft1,6611351,3871,935Forgery1,4161011,2111,622Fraud2,1282181,6852,571Other property1,9801521,6712,288Drug offenses21,23298719,22823,236Trafficking8,4875467,3789,596Other drug12,74585411,01214,478Public-order offenses6,6243985,8177,432Weapons1,9581641,6242,291Driving-related1,8372151,4012,273Other public-order2,8302022,4213,239Note: Standard errors were calculated using the Taylor Linearization Method assuming a without replacement (WOR) design, available in Sudaan 10.0. May 201031 Appendix Table 14. Standard errors and confidence intervals for felony defendants in the nation's 75 largest population counties, by selected characteristics, 2006Estimated percent95% confidence intervalCharacteristicStandard errorLower boundUpper boundSex82.4%0.4%81.6%83.2%Female17.60.416.818.4Race / Hispanic OriginWhite, non-Hispanic29.2%1.3%26.6%31.9%Black, non-Hispanic44.82.040.948.8Hispanic, any race24.21.621.127.7Other, non-Hispanic1.80.41.12.9Criminal justice status at time of arrestAny relationship with CJ system30.7%1.1%28.5%32.9%Probation9.20.97.511.3Pretrial release12.50.910.814.4Parole4.00.43.24.9In custody1.80.31.42.43.20.52.34.3Most serious prior convictionFelony43.2%1.0%41.1%45.3%Misdemeanor17.40.716.018.8No prior convictions39.51.536.542.5Released before case dispositionTotal released57.9%1.4%55.1%60.7%Financial conditions32.61.529.535.7Surety bond24.52.020.828.7Deposit bond4.70.93.26.9Full cash bond2.90.52.04.2Property bond0.40.20.20.9Non-financial conditions25.3%1.8%21.8%29.2%Recognizance15.91.513.119.3Conditional6.80.85.38.6Unsecured bond2.60.61.64.2Emergency release0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%Table 14 continued next page 32Felony Defendants in Appendix table 14 (cont .)Standard errors and confidence intervals for felony in defendants in the nation's 75 largest population counties, by selected characteristics, 2006CharacteristicEstimated percentStandard error95% confidence intervalLower boundUpper boundDetained until case dispositionTotal detained42.1%1.4%39.4%44.9%Held on bond37.31.534.340.4Denied bond4.80.53.95.9Pretrial misconduct among released defendantsTotal misconduct33.2%1.2%30.7%35.7%Failure to appear18.20.916.520.0Re-arrests17.91.115.720.3Adjudication outcomeConvicted67.5%1.2%65.0%70.0%Felony56.41.753.059.8Misdemeanor11.21.19.213.6Dismissal/Acquittal24.0%1.4%21.3%27.1%Other outcome8.5%0.8%7.0%10.2%Most serious sentences among convicted defendantsPrison34.4%1.3%31.8%37.2%35.71.632.539.1Probation24.91.621.828.44.90.83.56.8Sentence lengthAverage sentence48.5mo3.0mo42.4o54.6moJail 6.00.45.26.8Probation30.81.527.833.8Median sentence23.9mo1.6mo23.6o30.0moJail 3.80.53.25.1Probation23.02.722.033.1Note: Standard errors were calculated using the Taylor Linearization Method assuming a without replacement (WOR) design, available in Sudaan 10.0 May 201033 Appendix Table 15. Population, sampling weights, and number of cases, by SCPS jurisdiction, 2006Sampling weightsNumber of casesCounty (State)PopulationFilingsCounty*TotalUnweightedWeightedTotal16,21158,100Maricopa (AZ)3,766,46141.114.445332,369Pima (AZ)974,12112.502.505401,350Los Angeles (CA)9,826,49341.114.441,2745,662Orange (CA)2,970,48521.713.435371,841San Bernardino (CA)1,981,69641.114.442931,302Ventura (CA)791,24712.502.50223558Hartford (CT)872,94522.004.004391,756Broward (FL)1,764,53321.713.433281,124Miami-Dade (FL)2,376,42141.114.448993,995Hillsborough (FL)1,158,27721.713.436922,372Orange (FL)1,052,51522.004.003341,336Honolulu (HI)904,13412.502.50166415Cook (IL)5,270,14641.114.447163,182Marion (IN)872,06921.713.434311,477Baltimore County (MD)785,20012.502.50324810Montgomery (MD)936,07012.502.50232580Prince George (MD)831,60212.502.50349873Oakland (MI)1,204,66612.502.50359898Wayne (MI)5,270,14641.114.442921,298Saint Louis (MO)996,95312.502.50313783Essex (NJ)775,04141.114.442591,151Middlesex (NJ)778,80612.502.504361,090Bronx (NY)1,371,35321.713.433581,227Kings (NY)2,523,04722.004.004361,744Nassau (NY)1,353,76612.502.50232580New York (NY)1,612,63021.713.434261,460Suffolk (NY)1,508,19212.502.50399998Wake (NC)791,21412.502.505451,363Cuyahoga (OH)1,307,93621.713.435161,769Franklin (OH)1,107,09022.004.00155620Hamilton (OH)847,18422.004.003161,264Shelby (TN)909,65822.004.00243972Dallas (TX)2,355,20041.114.443571,587El Paso (TX)722,45812.502.50328820Harris (TX)3,858,43241.114.446492,884Tarrant (TX)1,662,21522.004.004961,984Salt Lake (UT)987,03522.004.00246984King (WA)1,827,53322.004.00183732Milwaukee (WI)951,33412.502.50357893Note: In some of the 40 counties included in the 2006 SCPS study, prosecutors did not screen out any felony arrests before filing charges. In these counties, the SCPS sample cases are representative of all felony cases received by prose-cutors and any cases subsequently screened out by the prosecutor are included in the SCPS dismissal category. In other counties, all felony arrests were reviewed by prosecutors before the decision to file felony charges was made. Weights are rounded to second decimal place. Populations are Census Bureau figures for July 1, 2006.*Data collection problems caused Clark County (NV), which had been selected for stratum one in the 2006 SCPS sample, to be dropped from the study. Because this occurred at a date too late to allow for a substitution, the number of counties in stratum one was reduced from ten (as specified in the original design) to nine. This changed the first-stage weight for stratum one counties from 1.00 to 1.11. 34Felony Defendants in Appendix Table 16. Most serious arrest charge of felony defendants, by SCPS jurisdiction, 2006 Percent of felony defendants charged with—County (State)TotalViolent offensesProperty offensesDrug offensesPublic offensesMaricopa (AZ)100%16334011Pima (AZ)100%2213100%202942Orange (CA)100%16San Bernardino (CA)100%243111Ventura (CA)100%21Hartford (CT)100%2440Broward (FL)100%2513Miami-Dade (FL)100%2444Hillsborough (FL)100%212717Orange (FL)100%3731Honolulu (HI)100%2527Cook (IL)100%9175716Marion (IN)100%293711Baltimore County (MD)100%3217Montgomery (MD)100%35Prince George (MD)100%32Oakland (MI)100%241914Wayne (MI)100%2220Saint Louis (MO)100%1017Essex (NJ)100%28Middlesex (NJ)100%222415Bronx (NY)100%3018100%391815Nassau (NY)100%221311New York (NY)100%2110Suffolk (NY)100%214018Wake (NC)100%15Cuyahoga (OH)100%30Franklin (OH)100%21Hamilton (OH)100%26Shelby (TN)100%2321100%2410El Paso (TX)100%3416100%1914Tarrant (TX)100%2214Salt Lake (UT)100%2341King (WA)100%251317Milwaukee (WI)100%3017Note: Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. May 201035 Appendix Table 17. Sex and age of felony defendants, by SCPS jurisdiction, 2006Percent of felony defendantsSexAge at arrestCounty (State)TotalMaleFemaleTotalUnder 2121-2930-3940 or olderMaricopa (AZ)100%8218100%17372520Pima (AZ)100%8020100%17322526Los Angeles (CA)100%8416100%13302631Orange (CA)100%8119100%17332823San Bernardino (CA)100%8416100%12382526Ventura (CA)100%8119100%10412227Hartford (CT)100%8515100%32311918Broward (FL)100%7327100%19342126Miami-Dade (FL)100%8218100%13292533Hillsborough (FL)100%7624100%15302530Orange (FL)100%8317100%17342326Honolulu (HI)100%8317100%11332729Cook (IL)100%8515100%18292726100%7822100%14332726Baltimore (MD)100%7723100%28361520Montgomery (MD)100%8515100%28341622Prince George's (MD)100%8812100%22372120100%8020100%27282323Wayne (MI)100%8416100%18332128Saint Louis (MO)100%8317100%18322723Essex (NJ)100%8614100%15342427Middlesex (NJ)100%8119100%13322926Bronx (NY)100%8614100%26312320Kings (NY)100%9010100%27341821Nassau (NY)100%8614100%18342523New York (NY)100%8218100%19272232Suffolk (NY)100%8714100%17362324Wake (NC)100%8218100%24342320Cuyahoga (OH)100%8218100%17342326Franklin (OH)100%8714100%19362323Hamilton (OH)100%7822100%16362226Shelby (TN)100%8317100%13372327Dallas (TX)100%8317100%14332727El Paso (TX)100%8317100%18293121Harris (TX)100%7921100%16312429Tarrant (TX)100%7921100%14332925Salt Lake (UT)100%8218100%11372427King (WA)100%8713100%17312725Milwaukee (WI)100%8713100%22332619Note: Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. Revised 7/1/2010 36Felony Defendants in Appendix Table 18. Race and Hispanic/Latino origin, by SCPS jurisdiction, 2006 Percent of felony defendants County (State) TotalBlack, non-HispanicWhite, non-Hispanic Other, non-Hispanic or Latino, any raceTotal100%4529224Maricopa (AZ)100%1541539Pima (AZ)100%1042543Los Angeles (CA)100%3417247Orange (CA)100%642448San Bernardino (CA)100%2537137Ventura (CA)100%635356Hartford (CT)100%3241126Broward (FL)100%4738--14Miami-Dade (FL)100%4914038Hillsborough (FL)100%4242016Orange (FL)100%4534--21Honolulu (HI)100%61775Cook (IL)100%6719113Marion (IN)100%54420Baltimore (MD)100%5246--Montgomery (MD)100%5233213Prince George's (MD)100%81141Oakland (MI)100%44560Wayne (MI)100%74240Saint Louis (MO)100%53460Essex (NJ)100%77151Middlesex (NJ)100%3346615Bronx (NY)100%513--45Kings (NY)100%7110119Nassau (NY)100%4338118New York (NY)100%5013235Suffolk (NY)100%3639224Wake (NC)100%65261Cuyahoga (OH)100%67290Franklin (OH)100%58370Hamilton (OH)100%67320Shelby (TN)100%85140Dallas (TX)100%4831--20El Paso (TX)100%812080100%4326--31Tarrant (TX)100%4239--19Salt Lake (UT)100%968320King (WA)100%2952812Milwaukee (WI)100%6326110Note: Detail may not sum to total because of rounding.-- Less than 0.5%. May 201037 Appendix Table 19. Felony defendants released before or detained until case disposition, by SCPS jurisdiction, 2006Percent of felony defendants—With financial releaseWith nonfinancial releaseDetained until case dispositionTotalfinancialSuretybondDeposit Full cashProperty Total non -financialRecog -nizanceCondi-tionalUnsecuredHeldon bailDeniedbailCounty (State) TotalTotalMaricopa (AZ)60%13%1003 --46%3115040%2119Pima (AZ)61%7%304 --53%3815039%37231%19%1900011%110069%68132%20%1901011%110068%671San Bernardino (CA)52%18%1800034%1618048%462Ventura (CA)41%31%3001010%100059%590Hartford (CT)71%37%3700034%1701729%272Broward (FL)76%64%52013012%66024%22265%36%3600029%920035%2510Hillsborough (FL)67%56%5303011%11 --033%275Orange (FL)59%53%490405%42041%356Honolulu (HI)64%39%3504025%223036%34252%26%026 --026% --52148%471Marion (IN)69%20%18 --2 --48%444031%274Baltimore County (MD)72%46%4401126%250128%236Montgomery (MD)69%39%111321429%1016331%283Prince George (MD)70%43%28211226%224 --30%25562%30%10155032%142738%343Wayne (MI)67%37%8272030%0171333%304Saint Louis (MO)73%55%11411219%190027%243Essex (NJ)53%26%6182028%280047%451Middlesex (NJ)61%27%1845033%330039%381Bronx (NY)79%12%... ... ... ... 68%661021%164Kings (NY)83%23%... ... ... ... 60%3525017%142Nassau (NY)66%33%8025033%1716034%341New York (NY)72%18%... ... ... ... 54%476028%235Suffolk (NY)69%31%6025038%380031%302Wake (NC)60%48%4701111%110 --40%365Cuyahoga (OH)66%50%3894 --16%152034%322Franklin (OH)70%41%3262029%6101230%301Hamilton (OH)56%37%2322118%180144%440Shelby (TN)53%41%4100013%58047%47045%31%3001014%121155%514El Paso (TX)63%52%520 --011%011037%927Harris (TX)37%36%35010 --0 --063%5211Tarrant (TX)60%57%560203%03040%391Salt Lake (UT)67%24%2301043%1330033%2013King (WA)55%17%953038%308045%397Milwaukee (WI)58%32%0032026%206042%2616Note. In the following jurisdictions, a percentage of defendants were released as part of an emergency measure to relieve jail overcrowding: Marion (IN), 1%; Oakland (MI), 1%; and Hamilton (OH), 1%. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. --Less than 0.5%....Data on specific type of release was not reported by these jurisdictions. 38Felony Defendants in Appendix Table 20. Failure-to-appear and re-arrest rates of defendants released prior to case disposition, by SCPS jurisdiction, 2006Percent of released felony defendants whoFailed to appear in court Returned tocourtRemaineda fugitiveWere re-arrested:County (State)Total Total FelonyMisdemeanorMaricopa (AZ)29%171315%114Pima (AZ)17%12512%93Los Angeles (CA)24%17710%64Orange (CA)39%3546%51San Bernardino (CA)27%22411%37Ventura (CA)32%31120%1010Hartford (CT)1%1--6%24Broward (FL)19%17311%83Miami-Dade (FL)12%10312%102Hillsborough (FL)11%10117%116Orange (FL)10%10127%216Honolulu (HI)11%10216%88Cook (IL)21%18325%1510Marion (IN)27%20718%89Baltimore County (MD)15%12315%78Montgomery (MD)23%17613%49Prince George (MD)23%1859%45Oakland (MI)10%825%14Wayne (MI)22%1585%41Saint Louis (MO)18%1264%40Essex (NJ)7%527%51Middlesex (NJ)19%51410%82Bronx (NY)20%15533%132020%15428%1513Nassau (NY)8%81 ...%......New York (NY)19%14529%1118Suffolk (NY)16%14226%1114Wake (NC)11%6410%73Cuyahoga (OH)31%274...% ... ...Franklin (OH)25%1879%64Hamilton (OH)23%23121%1011%Shelby (TN)12%9326%818Dallas (TX)3%1137%298El Paso (TX)5%4118%126Harris (TX)7%6111%65Tarrant (TX)21%18326%188Salt Lake (UT)28%23515%96King (WA)36%35134%322Milwaukee (WI)16%11510%55Note: All defendants who failed to appear in court and were not returned to the court during the 1-year study period are counted as fugitives. Some of these defendants may have been returned to the court at a later date. Rearrest data were collected for 1 year. Rearrests occurring after the end of this 1-year study period are not included in the table. Information on rearrests occurring in jurisdictions other than the one granting the pretrial release was not always available. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding....Data were not reported by the jurisdiction.--Less than 0.5%. May 201039 Appendix Table 21. Adjudication outcome for felony defendants, by SCPS jurisdiction, 2006Percent of felony defendants—Adjudicated within 1 yearConvictedNot convictedCounty (State) Total Felony Misdemeanor Total DismissedAcquitted Other outcome* Total88%67%561124%2419%87%68%551331%30--1%Pima (AZ)9556%55--43%4311Los Angeles (CA)9480%769%8112Orange (CA)9180%753%3--17San Bernardino (CA)9194%936%601Ventura (CA)9275%7412%12013Hartford (CT)7659%5341%4000Broward (FL)7763%5911%10126Miami-Dade (FL)85%53%5239%3828%Hillsborough (FL)9360%441620%19--21Orange (FL)9347%4139%38114Honolulu (HI)8293%907%420Cook (IL)9056%5344%4220Marion (IN)8772%7028%2620Baltimore (MD)8753%351840%40--7Montgomery (MD)9057%411737%3715Prince George's (MD)87%43%212253%5224%Oakland (MI)9779%783%2118Wayne (MI)9764%6216%14221Saint Louis (MO)8094%881%105Essex (NJ)8860%342636%3515Middlesex (NJ)8456%302630%28115Bronx (NY)7679%344521%21008746%232454%53--0Nassau (NY)93%89%37526%605%New York (NY)8765%343135%3510Suffolk (NY)8383%513315%1502Wake (NC)8772%7228%2800Cuyahoga (OH)9487%7810%813Franklin (OH)8267%481930%3003Hamilton (OH)9665%481731%2924Shelby (TN)7762%214126%26012Dallas (TX)75%68%6411%11022%8553%5329%281189669%561315%15--16Tarrant (TX)8469%6514%14018Salt Lake (UT)8763%283432%3015King (WA)9686%662111%1103Milwaukee (WI)9382%641817%1621Note: Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. --Less than 0.5%. *Includes diversion and deferred adjudication. Revised 7/1/2010 40Felony Defendants in Appendix Table 22. Most severe type of sentence for offenders convicted of a felony, by SCPS jurisdiction, 2006 Percent of felony offendersIncarcerationNonincarcerationCounty (State)TotalPrisonJailTotalProbationOtherTotal73%403227%252Maricopa (AZ)60%372340%40--Pima (AZ)58%401843%411Los Angeles (CA)84%414316%16--Orange (CA)78%344323%211San Bernardino (CA)83%384517%152Ventura (CA)85%345115%150Hartford (CT)46%321355%3123Broward (FL)50%163450%483Miami-Dade (FL)76%136324%241Hillsborough (FL)58%273142%420Orange (FL)95%29665%50Honolulu (HI)48%242552%511Cook (IL)49%45352%466Marion (IN)92%44488%80Baltimore (MD)57%342343%430Montgomery (MD)75%205625%232Prince George's (MD)91%78139%64Oakland (MI)79%324821%191Wayne (MI)52%292348%471Saint Louis (MO)35%28765%650Essex (NJ)...%.........%......Middlesex (NJ)64%422236%351Bronx (NY)...%.........%......Kings (NY)...%.........%......Nassau (NY)86%355114%140New York (NY)...%.........%......Suffolk (NY)87%523513%67Wake (NC)52%242848%417Cuyahoga (OH)56%49744%431Franklin (OH)86%464014%122Hamilton (OH)65%56935%341Shelby (TN)59%54541%410Dallas (TX)84%592516%160El Paso (TX)26%32374%731Harris (TX)99%70291%10Tarrant (TX)94%68266%51Salt Lake (UT)81%404219%172King (WA)90%434711%47Milwaukee (WI)81%384319%190Note: Offenders receiving incarceration sentences that were wholly suspended are included under proba-tion. Sentences to incarceration may have also included a probation term. Sentences to incarceration or pro-bation may have included a fine, restitution, community service, treatment, or other court-ordered condition. Other sentences included, fines, restitution, community service, or treatment-oriented punish-ment.Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. --Less than 0.5%.... Data were not reported by the jurisdiction. U.S. Department of JusticeOffice of Justice ProgramsBureau of Justice StatisticsWashington, DC 20531Official BusinessPenalty for Private Use $300PRESORTED STANDARDPOSTAGE & FEES PAIDDOJ/BJSPermit No. G-91 *NCJ~228944*The Bureau of Justice Statistics is the statistical agency of theU.S. Department of Justice. Michael D. Sinclair is actingdirector. This BJS Bulletin presents the first release of find-ings from the 2006 State Court Processing Statistics project.Thomas H. Cohen and Tracey Kyckelhahn, BJS statisticians,prepared this report under the supervision of Duren Banks.The data were collected and processed by the Pretrial JusticeInstitute (PJI) under the supervision of Cherise Burdeen.Current and former PJI staff, including Stephanie Garbo,Jessica Keefe, David Levin, Tracy Loynachan, and BeckyMensch also contributed to this project. Carma Hogue ofthe Economic Statistical Methods and Procedures Division,U.S. Census Bureau, assisted with sample design.Catherine Bird and Jill Duncan edited the report, and TinaDorsey and Jayne E. Robinson produced and prepared thereport for final printing, under the supervision of Doris J.James. May 2010, NCJ 228944 This report in portable document format and in ASCII and its related statistical data and tables are available at the BJS World Wide Web Internet site: ttp://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2&#xh170;193. 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