SPEEDY TRIAL ACT OF 1974 - IMPLEMENTATION OF TITLE 1 APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES FOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS, V 2

• NCJ Number: 58878
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 215 pages
• Corporate Author: Administrative Office of the US Courts Statistical Analysis and Reports Division
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS SECOND VOLUME OF A REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF THE 1974 SPEEDY TRIAL ACT PRESENTS DETAILED STATISTICS ON TIME REQUIRED TO BRING CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS TO TRIAL AND INCIDENCE OF AND REASONS FOR DELAY.

Abstract

DATA COVERS THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1, 1976, THROUGH JUNE 30, 1977. EXTENSIVE TABLES, PRESENTED BY CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT ON FACING PAGES, SET OUT THE TIME ELAPSING BETWEEN STAGES OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS. DEFENDANTS ARE GROUPED INTO THREE CATEGORIES. ALL INTERVALS FOR WHICH TIME LIMITATIONS HAVE BEEN SET UNDER THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT APPLY TO THE DEFENDANTS IN THE FIRST GROUP. THE TIME LIMIT ON THE INTERVAL FROM ARREST TO INDICTMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE DEFENDANTS IN THE SECOND GROUP, SINCE THE INDICTMENT PRECEDED ARREST. SIMILARLY, TIME LIMITS ON INTERVALS FROM ARREST TO INDICTMENT AND FROM INDICTMENT TO ARRAIGNMENT DO NOT APPLY TO DEFENDANTS IN THE THIRD GROUP WHO WERE ARRESTED AND ARRAIGNED ON THE SAME DAY. TABLES SHOW TIME INTERVALS ON TWO BASES: (1) THE OVERALL TIME INTERVALS (GROSS) ELAPSING BETWEEN STAGES OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS, AND (2) THE INTERVALS (NET) ELAPSING AFTER 'EXCLUDABLE TIME' IS APPLIED. EACH FILING IS COUNTED SEPARATELY. FIGURES EXCLUDE REMANDS FROM APPELLATE COURTS, REMOVALS FROM STATE COURTS, APPEALS FROM MAGISTRATES, CASES REINSTATED OR REOPENED, RULE 20 AND 21 TRANSFERS, JUVENILE CASES, AND PETTY OFFENSES. FOR THE FIRST VOLUME OF THIS REPORT, SEE NCJ 58877. (CFW)