NCJ Number
162384
Date Published
1996
Length
24 pages
Annotation
This bulletin presents statistics on criminal appeals made in 1994 to the Crown Court against both magistrates' convictions and sentences and to the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal against convictions and sentences of the Crown Court.
Abstract
In 1994 there were 22,600 appeals heard by the Crown Court, an increase of approximately 20 percent over 1993. There were 8,000 appeals made to the Court of Appeal in 1994, an increase of approximately 24 percent from 1993. The number of appeals against convictions increased to just under 12,100 at the Crown Court and to 2,500 at the Court of Appeal in 1994. The proportion of appeals against convictions at magistrates' courts where the conviction was quashed was 43 percent in 1994, a 5-percent increase from 1993 and the highest recorded figure in the last decade. The proportion of successful appeals against convictions at the Crown Court was 13 percent in 1994, three percentage points lower than in 1993. One-third of appeals against convictions for the more serious violent offenses were allowed on appeal in 1994, slightly lower than the 38 percent for all offenses at both courts. The rate of appeal against magistrates' sentences increased to 1.2 percent in 1994, the second consecutive annual increase. The appeal rate against sentences of the Crown Court increased 1 percent in 1994, to 9 percent. 3 figures and 14 tables