Court Site Study of Adult Unrepresented Accused in the Provincial Criminal Courts (Part 2: Site Reports)
Representation Status | Type of Decisions at Interim Appearance (Remanded or Stood Down) | Type of Decisions at Final Appearance | |||||||
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*No decision % | Bail decision consid-ered % | Plea entered and/or election made % | Bail, election and plea enter-ered % | Total number of Cases | Guilty verdict or peace bond % | Order varied or commit-ted for trial % | With-drawn, dis-missed, not guilty, discharge % | Total number of cases | |
Self | 97 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 (100%) | 26 | 26 | 48 | 15 (100%) |
Staff Lawyer | 90 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 135 (100%) | 57 | 28 | 15 | 46 (100%) |
Private lawyer | 85 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 161 (100%) | 51 | 33 | 47 | 54 (100%) |
Agent | 90 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 78 (100%) | 0 | 50 | 50 | 2 (100%) |
Total | 89 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 413 (100%) | 52 | 23 | 25 | 117 (100%) |
Notes:
Data Source: Direct Court Observation file.
* Bail was not considered, no elections were made by either Crown or defence, and no plea was entered.
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