NCJ Number
164842
Date Published
1996
Length
69 pages
Annotation
This report describes the structure and activities of the South Dakota State court system, the case filings and dispositions during fiscal year 1995, and expenditures.
Abstract
The trial courts continued to experience record case filings. The courts also experienced an 8-percent increase in probate filings and small claims actions, a relatively constant number of divorce petitions, a 30-percent increase in filings of juvenile cases, an 8-percent increase in felony criminal filings, and a 4-percent increase in Class I misdemeanor filings. During the year 17,053 people were in some type of court-sponsored supervision program, including adult or juvenile probation, juvenile diversion, the adult 90-day case monitoring program, and the juvenile case monitoring program. The 70 court services officers assigned to local court-sponsored supervision programs handled an average of 243 cases during the year. Each case cost about 52 cents per day, compared to $37.47 at the State penitentiary or $81.77 at the Youth Forestry Camp. Figures, table, and photograph