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<strong>Sourcebook</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Justice</strong> <strong>Statistics</strong> 19113Judicial Processing <strong>of</strong> DefendantsTable 5.20 Defendants disposed <strong>of</strong> in U.S. District Courts, by statutory and recommended time limits, circuit, and district,year ending June 30, 1981f\OTE: These data are computed only for the respective timeintervals actually begun and terminated during the year endingJune 30, 1981. The Speedy Trial Act <strong>of</strong> 1974 (U.S.C. 3152-3156and 3161-3174) required each U.S. District Court to adopt a planfor the prompt disposition <strong>of</strong> criminal cases in accordance withstatutory time limits. The time interval from arrest to indictmentor information is 30 days (18 U.S.C. 3161 (b». Defendantsentering a plea <strong>of</strong> not guilty must be brought to trial not morethan 70 days after a filing <strong>of</strong> an information or indictment, orafter an appearance before a judicial <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> the court in whichthe charge is pending, whichever comes lost (18 U.S.C.Circuit and districtTotal all districtsDistrict <strong>of</strong> ColumbiaFirst CircuitMaineMassachusettsNew HampshireRhode IslandPuerto RicoSecond CircuitConnecticutNew York:i'brthergEasternSouthernWesternVermantThird CircuitDelawareNew JerseyPennsylvania:EasternMiddleWesternVirgin IslandsFourth CircuitMarylandi'brth Carolina:Eastern aMiddleWesternSouth CarolinaVirginia:EasternWesternWest Virginia:i'brthernSouthernFifth CircuitAlabama:i'brthernMiddleSouthernFlorida:i'brthernMiddleSouthernGeorgia:i'brthernMiddleSouthernLouisiana:EasternMiddleWesternMississippi:i'brthernSouthernTexas:i'brthernEasternSouthernWestern3161 (c)( I». The trial may not commence sooner than 30 daysfrom the date the defendant first appears unless written waiver isgiven (18 U.S.C. 3161(c)(2». See NOTE, Table 5.15 fordefinitions <strong>of</strong> indictment and information.The Speedy Trial Act does not establish time limitsgoverning the- period between conviction and sentencing, but doesrequire that statIstics be furnished regarding the tIme span <strong>of</strong> thisinterval. The Committee on Administration <strong>of</strong> the CrimInal Law<strong>of</strong> the Judicial Conference has recommended a 45-day time limitfor the interval from conviction to sentencIng.Indicted or firstConvicted andArrested during appearance dUring year sentenced during yearyear ended July I, 1981 ended July I, 1981 ended June 30, 1981Arrest to indictment or appear- Defendants sentencedindictment 30 once to trial 45 days or lessTotal days or less Total 70 days or less Total after convictiondefendants Number Percent defendants Number Percent defendants N.rnber Percent10,57020940381443II23786426133234157116633142975932631681,075166405852104603252253,604132107I6496654134946SO1261049II311073974828810,22717838081293923179625132724056516613142865730621641,047161375852101586252253,496130107I599660S134946SO1271049/I291033471328496.885.294.3100.089.6100.081.897.592.196.2100.084.297.691.5100.096.8100.096.396.693.898.497.697.497.092.5100.0100.097.197.2100.0100.0100.097.098.5100.0100.092.2100.092.5100.0100.0100.099.2100.0100.0100.093.596.387.295.398.625,0384607713835440472921,64413192600636129561,247394602701221512053,1916433211462053701,19416746996,958444235891513328813031,0328412782310349913941221,11746324,2844477323832440452851,55812588542628119561,243394602661221512053,1596253151462053706,757443234831513267693021,0328412782310048903901191,08243897.097.294.9100.091.5100.095.797.694.8nr: I..;J~.'t95.790.398.792.2100.099.7100.0100.098.5100.0100.0100.099.097.298.1100.0100.0100.099.799.4100.096.097.199.899.693.3100.098.287.399.7100.0100.0100.0100.097.198.098.999.097.596.994.629,27257198173470SO75313121874945195671,623496343961481971993,254691418183222404999163401347,7614562281071444001,01535498!!92137036116611104671411,30752721,977379809344244923279950i3i7427835591211,01139353252841221612,52032637516321725692015027866,55044921984123316583309974916277159156904061201,05945175.166.482.546.690.298.030.789.139.766.261.231.837.646.731.362.379.655.763.656.861.980.977.447.2!l9.789.197.763.492.192.067.564.284.498.596.178.585.479.057.487.398.699.574.941.778.491.881.886.985.181.085.6Circuit and districtCanal ZoneISixth CircuitKentucky:EasternWesternIMichigan:Eastern1WesternOhio:ii'brthernSouthernTennessee:IEasternMiddleWestern aSeventh CircuitIillinois:i'brthernCentralISouthernlIndiana:NorthernSouthernWisconsin:EasternWesternEighth CircuitArkafisu"EasternIWesternIiIowa:i'brthemI;SouthernMinnesotaI,Missouri:I,EasternWestern!:NebraskaLi'brth DakotafiSouth DakotaI,Ninth CircuitIAlaska1,ArizonaCalifornia:i'brthernEasternCentralSouthernHawaiiIdahoMontanaNevadaOregonWashington:EasternWesternGuami'brthern MarianasTenth C!rcultColoradoKansasNew MexIcoOklahoma:NorthernEasternWesternUtahWyomIngArrested duringyear ended July I, 1981Arrest toIndictment 31llTotaldefendants9528552814177993611225291924937276110IS1256437616943124312,1172121899129498436289IS1465674619030o517425212330202082022Indicted or firstConvicted andappearance dUring yeor sentenced during yearended July I, 1981 ended June 30, 1981Indictment or appeor- Defendants sentencedonce to trial45 days 0- lessdays or less Total 70 days or less Total after convictIonN..mber Percent defendants l'imber Percent defendants N:Xl'lber Pe;ccl1t85175SO794174963511225282854737276110IS3191256437536942II4312,0862121591127486430289IS1465674619030o513415212329202072021aSpeedy trial time Intervals were suspended alf yearfor New York, Eastern and Tennessee, Western. For North811.997.9100.096.297.5100.096.197.097.2100.0100.096.992.495.9100.0100.0100.0100.0100.097.0100.0100.0100.0100.086.9100.097.791.7100.0100.098.5100.0:;18.691.998.497.69B.6100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0100.00.099.297.6100.0100.096.7100.099.5100.095.5101,898128421336106207207952221761,14941116115993156114551,4501401094311420216138869701544,89210645123827SI, IDS7101,010651231441439836337241,3782252172358659338122961,791812441731092204199952211291,10537316115792156113531,4011391094311419316138764701214,7271064472172651,0386761,003621191431379835636241,36422520723386593381229480.094.496.999.092.386.898.696.1100.099.573.396.290.8100.098.798.9100.099.1%.496.699.3100.0100.0100.095.5100.099.792.8100.078.696.6100.09~. !91.296.493.995.299.395.496.799.395.8100.098.197.3100.099.0100.095.499.1100.0100.0100.0100.097.9132,4871734324821353012641143092771,375559159159117206!!?581,75116211953109283192465114781765,526III4573403521,3559028597712118519010541038241,5492372472531226637415397121,7911374282546621318210527513196635310014093141lOB311,26913398SO987717440461691054,506964012563041,1206718386183102939033136241,226204189225884327314163Carolina, Eastern, the suspension was for the period Dec.I, 1980 through May 31, 1981.Source: Administrative Office <strong>of</strong> the United States Courts 1981 AnAdministrative Office af the United States Courts, 1981), pp. I f 5~ f 19. nual Report <strong>of</strong> the Director (WashIngton, D.C.:92.372.079.299.152.7L18.970.868.992.189.047.370.363.162.968.179.568.492.353.472.582.182.494.389.927.290.686.953.588.559.781.586.587.775.386.482.774.497.679.268.655.148.985.780.794.7100.079.186.176.588.972.165.273.092.264.9502
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