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TABLE 17
CRIMINAL CASES DISPOSED BY MANNER OF DISPOSITION
2007-2008 to 2012-2013
Personal Action
Year
Total
2012-2013
91
Guilty
Pleas
31
Guilty
Verdicts
21
Acquittals
2011-2012
64
16
13
23
12
2010-2011
97
17
18
45
17
2009-2010
70
13
11
28
18
2008-2009
101
22
22
40
17
2007-2008
168
35
29
66
38
Table 17 assesses the manner in which Criminal cases were disposed. Of the ninetyone (91) cases disposed in the 2012-2013 Law Term, thirty-one (31) or 34.1% were guilty
pleas, twenty-one (21) or 23.1% were guilty verdicts, twenty-six (26) or 28.6% were
acquittals and thirteen (13) or 14.3% were disposed by way of discontinuance.
‘Guilty Pleas’ and ‘guilty verdicts’ increased by 93.7% or fifteen (15) and 61.5% or eight
(8) respectively, combined they account for 57.1% or fifty-two (52) cases disposed
during the 2012-2103 Law Term.
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26
Discontinued
(Charges Dropped)
13