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, .. --'" ,,,.~-"Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Table 5.1 Filings In State courts of general and limited jurisdiction, by State, 1981I'VTE: The data below are from a survey of State CourtMninistratlve Offices conducted in August 19B:! by the NationalCenter for State Courts for the Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Anyattempt to make comparisons between States or within a Stateover a period of time must ••• take into account the variations inreporting periods reflected in these data. About half of the Statesreport on a calendar year basis and the others report on a fiscalyear basis ••• the most common (fiscal year) runs from July Ithrough June 30 for any given year. However, in a few (six) casesthe fiscal year may be started on August I, September I, OctoberI, or February 4 and in these cases variations may also be foundin reporting periods within the State" (Source, pp. 7, 8).These figures represent virtually all cases filed in generaljurisdiction courts and between 70 percent and 80 percent ofcases filed In limited jurisdiction courts. The following courtsreported no data: Alabama--Probation and municipal courts.Colarado--Municipal court. Georgia--Justice of the peace, smallclaims, mUnicipal, magistrate, civil, crlminol, municipal recorder's,mayor's city council, and police courts. Kansas--Munlcipal court.Louisiana- -Justice of the peace and mayor's courts. Moine-­Probate court. Maryland--Orphan's court. Massachusetts-­Probation and family court deportment. Michigan--Court ofclaims, Common Pleas Court of Detroit, and municipal andprobate courts. Mantana--Justice of the peace, city, andmunicipal courts. Nebraska--Separate juvenile court, workmen'scompensation court. New Jersey--Surrogate's and municipalcourts. New Mexico--Municipal and probote courts. New York-­Town and village justice courts. Ohio--Mayor's court. Oklahoma-­Municipal court. Rhode Island--Municipal and probate courts.Tennessee--County, general sessions, probate, juvenile, trialjustice, and municipal courts. Utah--Juvenile and justice of thepeace courts. West Virginia--Municipal court. Wyoming--County,justice of the peace, and municipol courts.TotalTotalexcludingincludingState Civil Criminal Juvenile traffic Traffic trafficAlalxrna L16,4UI:I 140,170 46,ll66 403,444 227,72:! 631,166Alaska 30,72ll 22,355 1,270 54,353 B6,729 141,0!:l2Arizona 138,621 148,395 1,076 2B8,On 1,153,217 1,441,309Arkansas 99,452 147,428 13,907 260,787 479,106 739,893California 1,639,518 923,834 102,333 2,665,6ll5 15,599,B45 a 11:1,265,530 0Colorado 202,775 59,578 26,153 288,506 181,873 470,379Connecticut 212,240 109,53~ 14,255 336,034 303,2lll 639,315Delaware 49,728 56,822 9,870 116,420 128,425 244,ll45District of Columbia 145,911 36,597 4,765 Ill7,273 10,403 197,676Florida 553.574 447,754 113,1l41 1,115,169 2,287,888 3,403,057Georgia 257;173 45,286 34,41:12 436,941 361,167 791l, lOBHowaii 47,382 52,537 8,913 108;632 871-'116 0 91l0,74!PIdaho 52,347 32,632 7,661 92,64U 209;904 0 3U:! , 544a0Illinois 647,096 712,379 32,642 1,392,117 6,582,043 0 7,974,160r"'l..,-j r::...,,I'".)I:J. ")-.1"')Indiana 381l,3UI 144,96U 26,315:J;;;)7,.:J/O"}.:J... ,r.~r.913,BOIlIowa 133,484 113,667 5,570 252,721 661,254 913,975Kansas 118,11l7 3U,093 10,607 151l,!l1l7 275,828 0 434,715 0Kentucky 187,210 217,193 b36,445 440,848 274,788 715,636Louisiana 23B,609 536,856 30,117 805,562 467,506 1,L73,08!lMaine 57,938 96,449 13,404 167,791 88,372 256,163Maryland 590,ljll7 171,781 29,750 792,411l 646,313 0 I , 43B , 731 a0Massachusetts 465,987 657,551 118,876 1,242,414 3,243,585 0 4,485,9911 aMichigan 263,863 538,014 22,131 824,UOll I , 313 , 532a0 2,137,54UMinnesota 251,062 114,986 44,672 410,720 1,448,626 1,859,346 0Mississippi N\ N\ N\ N6. N\ N\Missouri 220,643 148,155 14,935 383,733 656,011 1,039,744Mantana 6,533 1,340 576 ll,449 N\ N\Nebraska 81,199 173,844 3,118 258,161 189,089 447,250Nevada 81,874 52,1:122 2,777 137,473 225,953 363,426New Hompshire 65,476 39,175 7,287 111,938 202,218 314,156New Jersey 573,166 31,719 109,881 714,766 N\ N\New Mexico 66,325 69,355 4,342 140,022 382,177 0 522,199 0New York 793,896 1,209,061 37,005 2,039,962 460,260 2,500,222'North Carolina 378,688 487,783 19,900 886,371 677 ,247 1,563;61!lNarth Dakota 25,765 21,719 c 1,249 48, 733 c 119 , 662 a ,c 168 395 a ,cOhio 619,043 406,403 202,835 1,228,281 1,598,165 2,826,446 ' aOklahoma 2Ub,OI:lIl (d) 8,063 N\ (d) 483,691Oregor. 155,362 149,695 N\ N\ 671,893 N\aPennsylvania 515,014 745,308 47,979 1,3UB,301 4,54U,269 a 5,848,57URhode Island 40,175 3ll,940 7,275 86,390 N\ N\South Carolino 182,336 469,B94 9,633 661,863 416,11l4 1,071l,U47South Dakota 35,911 136,471 N\ N\ I'A I~Tennessee 94,631 37,213 N\ 131,844 I~ N\Texas 679,107 1,316,709 II ,761 2,U07,577 4,226,529 6,234,106Utah 92,894 37,366 34,848 165,IU!l 444,421 6U9,529Vermont 24,856 16,599 1,616 43,071 1l5,750 128,821Virginia 770,6~3 399,209 133,471 1,303,373 1,014,3U4 a 2,317,677 0Washington 218,446 170,557 24,424 413,427 1,650,194 0 2,063,621 0West Virginia 89,608 117,493 7,514 21'1,615 114,7B7 a 329,402 0Wisconsin 326,920 161,645 28,336 516,901 230,680 747,581Wyoming 11,513 1,772 975 14,260 N\ N!>.aparking tickets are included in the traffic case load of the number of cases filed during the yeor for case types forreparwd for these States.which filing data were not ovailable. In the Annual Report series,Traffic filings could not be completely separated from dispos~tions were found to be similar in nurriber to case filings.criminal and juvenile filings in Louisiana. Oklahoma reported 26,076 felonies and 241,464cThe number of cases dispased was used here as an estimate misdemeanors. The misdemeanor figure included traffic violations.Source: U.S. Deportment of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Court Caselood Statistics 1977 to 19!11, Speciol ReportNCJ-87587 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, February 19113), p. Z.,i ~II{l~IiIiIIIiIIIi1\!I1\:1II'l[!~"IJudicial Processing of DefendantsTable 5.2 State appellate court filings and dispositions, by State, 1981StateNJTE: See NJTE, Table 5.1.All oRpellate courtsFlJin s Dis ositlonsAlabama a 1,018AlaskaI,U87 496 0 417 495 0422 N\ N!>.Arizona 4631,1433351,1338!l0 757Arkansas 2,4364462,1384273,579 3,271Callfornlc 1,1944,325 1,23U3,9141,640 1,657Colorado 14,9331,052 14,6871,00119,258 18,601Connecticut 1,5125951,3205592,564 2,321Delaware 191337 165341l 786X724District of Columbia 1,663 X1,235337 348Florida X1,456X1,5371,663 1,235Georgia13,7951,61713,6571,73215,251 15,194Howall 2,152387 N\4833,769 N!>.Idaho 127455 176363 514 65~illinois X1,8U3 X1,777455 363Indiana 6,5164096,3333978,319I,Og58,IIUIowa 1,733 b 1,1091,2051,504 1,506I.6,318N\Minnesota 1,6095,9771,3528,267 7,690Mississippi XN!>. 1,541X 1,609 1,352Missouri XI ,05~X1,019 N!>. 1,541Montana2,9645742,7')25154,023 3,811Nebraska X956 X910574 515Nevada X732 XN\956X910New Hompshlre 55tl X251732 N\New Jersey X289 X232558 251New Mexico 5,9936105,2125946,282 5,444New York 505708 4447061,11511,6381,03t1North Carolina 98911,01194712,346 11,717Narth Dakota 1,994309 1,71:112802,983 2,728Ohio 2,134X X2,031309 280Oklahoma c 8,9152,543 2,427b 9,424 b 11,04!i'b 11,455Oregan 1,0808124768382,543 2,427Pennsylvania 3,403 3,2392,251• N!>.4,215 4,077Rhode Island 12,830592 N\62915,084 N\South Carolina X1,173 X613592 629South Dakota X363 X3721,173 613Tenne~seeX885 X945363 372Texas 1,7233,3951,7453,3292,608 2,690Utah 6,151700 3,4075779,546 6,736Vermont X601 X508700 577Virginia X2,257 X1,823601 508Washington X863 X8302,257 1,823West Virginia 2,7991,5492,4761,0603,662 3,306Wiseonsln X737X8171,549 1,060Wyoming2,4791982,3512113,216 3,168XXa198 211Data are Incomplete: Alabama has two Intermediateappellate courts, but only one, the court of Civil Appeals t~ansferred to the Intermediate appellate court forreporwd data In 1981. ' dlsposbtlon•All appellate cases In Iowa and Oklahoma are fliedrp-.. ' Both Okl'lhcmo and Texas have two courts._"""fT.of lastIn the courts of last resort, A portion f th!: ~(l'eioad IsSource: U.S. Deportment of Justice Bureau f J tl S I 'Special Report NCJ-875t17 (Washington 6 C • us 0 D us ce tat stlcs,. State Court Case load Statistics 1977 to 1~81,, ... •• epartment of JustIce, February 1983), p. 5.474,j"'i1\475