NCJ Number
159070
Date Published
1995
Length
18 pages
Annotation
This bulletin presents the results of the second magistrates court time intervals survey in 1995; the survey covers all criminal cases completed in England's magistrate courts during June.
Abstract
Among cases of all offense types completed in magistrate courts in June 1995, the average time from offense to completion was 144 days, compared to 145 days in June 1994. The average time from first listing to completion decreased from 36 to 34 days, while the average time from charge or summons to first listing rose slightly from 36 to 37 days. The average offense to charge or summons decreased from 74 to 73 days. The average time from offense to completion in indictable cases increased from 127 days in June 1994 to 132 days in June 1995. Increases from 25 to 26 days and from 58 to 60 days were recorded at first listing to completion and charge or summons to first listing, respectively. The average offense to charge time increased slightly from 44 to 45 days. Summary nonmotoring cases showed little change in average time from first listing to completion, 137 days in June 1994 compared to 138 days in June 1995. Among criminal cases, no change was observed in the average length of adjournments between June 1994 and June 1995 at 28 days and the average number of adjournments at 1.2. For indictable cases, the average number and average length of adjournments in June 1995 did not change from a year earlier at 2.5 and 24 days, while the proportion of cases dealt with on first listing remained at 21 percent. The average length of adjournments in summary nonmotoring cases reduced from 32 to 30 days between June 1994 and June 1995, while there was a slight reduction from 32 to 31 days among summary motoring cases. 11 notes, 7 tables, and 5 figures