District Court Activity

Statewide Summary of Reported Activity

For the Year Ended August 31, 1997

C R I M I N A L  D O C K E T
Capital
Murder		 Murder
or Vol-
untary
Man-
slaughter		 Assault
or At-
tempted
Murder

Sexual
Assault
of an
Adult

Indecen-
cy with
or Sexual
Assault
of Child

Robbery

Burglary

Theft

Auto
Theft

Arson

 Drug
Sale or
Manu-
facture		 Felony
D.W.I.		 Drug
Posses-
sion
Other
Felony

All
Misde-
meanors

Total
Cases
 
Cases on Docket:                
               
Cases Pending  09/01/96 804 2,754 13,664 2,314 7,544 6,188 19,045 22,936 6,214 935 15,179 29,272 9,558 33,595 7,345 177,347
               
Docket Adjustments (23) 19 (44) (30) 33 (19) (109) 142 (61) 42 13 369 (198) 298 300 732
               
               
Cases Filed by Indictment 533 1,237 11,766 1,453 4,989 6,120 10,939 12,366 3,427 657 14,353 21,707 7,902 29,772 954 128,175
Cases Filed by Information 6 25 832 43 200 370 1,534 1,483 832 78 2,483 4,436 566 2,819 4,455 20,162
Other Cases Reaching Docket:                
Motion to Revoke Filed 12 146 3,554 384 1,516 2,039 9,453 6,387 2,447 372 6,441 12,476 3,488 10,802 1,131 60,648
Shock Probation                
Returned from TDCJ/ID 1 7 132 23 57 112 349 125 36 10 243 197 60 280 4 1,636
Transfers From Other Counties 12 3 2 4 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 6 40
All Other Cases 23 39 318 93 129 92 337 184 88 53 325 338 142 659 186 3,006
               
Total Cases on Docket 1,368 4,230 30,224 4,280 14,472 14,902 41,549 43,625 12,984 2,147 39,039 68,797 21,519 78,229 14,381 391,746
               
               
Dispositions:                
               
Convictions:                
Guilty Plea - No Jury 137 478 4,818 512 1,744 3,440 7,282 6,908 2,537 349 10,736 14,199 7,217 13,717 2,930 77,004
Not Guilty Plea - No Jury 3 12 116 23 34 58 87 49 23 4 147 95 67 178 3 899
Guilty Plea - Jury Verdict 13 64 80 14 100 68 46 27 9 8 35 57 21 95   637
Not Guilty Plea - Jury Verdict 178 338 439 111 329 338 159 72 24 13 266 196 103 392 15 2,973
Total Convictions 331 892 5,453 660 2,207 3,904 7,574 7,056 2,593 374 11,184 14,547 7,408 14,382 2,948 81,513
               
Placed on Deferred Adjudication 1 81 3,349 277 1,344 1,035 2,970 3,511 684 170 2,714 5,801 97 7,788 443 30,265
               
Acquittals:                
Non-Jury Trial   6 146 16 29 26 40 46 8 10 121 66 26 149 4 693
Jury Verdict 17 60 136 33 95 47 26 26 5 4 36 49 17 119 11 681
Directed Verdict or JNOV     2   3 2 2 7     2 6 1 12   37
Total Acquittals 17 66 284 49 127 75 68 79 13 14 159 121 44 280 15 1,411
               
Dismissals:                
Insufficient Evidence 6 30 287 61 156 131 240 316 105 31 286 678 55 829 129 3,340
Conviction in Another Case 21 56 766 95 427 418 815 591 309 39 796 1,189 215 2,142 181 8,060
Speedy Trial Act Limitation 1 4 13 17 8 4 34 38 14 2 19 14 19 82 1 270
Case Refiled 77 135 450 78 175 210 168 232 36 23 299 243 137 825 15 3,103
Defendant Unapprehended   4 22 3 6 5 49 174 25 4 108 45 14 108 5 572
Defendant Granted Immunity   1 4 2 1 3 2 1 1 11 2 5 45 78
Other Dismissals 37 137 2,184 305 806 641 1,624 2,217 693 113 1,273 3,064 589 4,941 647 19,271
Total Dismissals 142 367 3,726 559 1,580 1,410 2,933 3,570 1,183 212 2,782 5,244 1,031 8,932 1,023 34,694
               
Transfers:                
On Change of Venue 11 3 13 4 5 2 2   7 4 18 2 71
To County Court   35 3 1 4 22 32 8 6 62 33 99 795 1,100
Other Dispositions:                
Placed on Shock Probation 1 10 140 12 49 134 363 129 37 10 232 201 61 248 27 1,654
Motion to Revoke Granted 5 72 1,685 177 744 1,053 4,680 3,064 1,479 142 3,731 5,903 1,511 4,798 430 29,474
Motion to Revoke Denied 5 51 1,402 177 583 747 3,669 2,752 956 148 2,008 4,928 1,317 4,151 356 23,250
All other Dispositions 11 41 478 51 169 151 870 526 181 45 511 984 336 1,294 275 5,923
               
Total Dispositions 524 1,583 16,565 1,965 6,808 8,513 23,154 20,721 7,136 1,115 23,327 37,798 11,842 41,990 6,314 209,355
               
               
Cases Pending  8/31/97 844 2,647 13,659 2,315 7,664 6,389 18,395 22,904 5,848 1,032 15,712 30,999 9,677 36,239 8,067 182,391
                
                
Cases - Unapprehended Defendants                  57,052
                
                
Sentencing Information:                 
Death Sentence - Cases 34               34
Life Sentence - Cases 149 86 39 32 61 50 17 4 2 12 9 2 35   498
  Lesser Offense Convictions 80 113 1,571 118 317 969 673 956 138 38 637 903 368 2,519 156 9,556
                
                
Additional Court Activity:                 
Jury Panels Examined                 4,373
Jury Sworn & Evid. Presented                  4,398
Cases - Attorneys Appointed                  106,279
                
               
  60 Days
or Less		   61 Days
to 90 Days		   91 Days
to 120 Days		   Over 120
Days		        
Age of Cases Disposed          

Total

      
Number of Cases   66,968   22,177   18,701   101,509   209,355