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Case Outcomes

Year End 12/31/2020

Definitions | Limitations

A case outcome refers to how the case is resolved in court. Case outcomes include Dismissal or Withdrawal, Diversion, a Guilty verdict, a Guilty plea, or an Acquittal (Not Guilty verdict). Except in the case of Acquittal, any outcome is subject to change through Refile, Reconsideration, or Appeal.

171

Average Diversions

per Month YTD

84%

of Adjudicated

Drug Possession Cases Diverted

  -84%

Retail Theft

Convictions and Diversions

292

Days since last

Poss. of Marijuana

Conviction

  -99%

Prostitution/Sex Work Convictions

vs Pre-2018 Avg

All Offenses

The courts have processed very few cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases that were completed during the pandemic were more likely than prior years to be withdrawals and dismissals because those types of outcomes could be easily processed without a court appearance. Many cases that require a court appearance are still pending.

Raw Counts

Data: Year End Case Outcomes by Offense Category

	Offense Category	Disposition Type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Yr-Yr Change	’14-’17 Avg	’18-’20 Avg	’14-’17 Avg Compared to ’18-’20 Avg
	All Violent Offenses	Total	10683	10,378	9,460	9,296	8,953	7,875	4,013	-49%	9,954	6,947	-30%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	5423	5,197	4,614	4,817	4,865	4,822	2,807	-42%	5,013	4,165	-17%
		Diversion	235	364	338	256	288	305	118	-61%	298	237	-20%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	3215	2,866	2,795	2,693	2,687	1,735	767	-56%	2,892	1,730	-40%
		Guilty	1074	1,102	972	907	636	534	193	-64%	1,014	454	-55%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	705	827	703	598	438	443	110	-75%	708	330	-53%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	31	22	38	25	39	36	18	-50%	29	31	7%
	All Property Offenses	Total	6951	7,017	6,853	6,581	5,294	3,918	1,857	-53%	6,850	3,690	-46%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	2030	2,055	2,331	2,586	2,447	2,063	1,169	-43%	2,250	1,893	-16%
		Diversion	868	998	922	698	539	388	187	-52%	872	371	-57%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	2809	2,773	2,624	2,464	1,944	1,298	466	-64%	2,668	1,236	-54%
		Guilty	1041	992	846	732	281	97	21	-78%	903	133	-85%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	185	183	119	92	73	63	11	-83%	145	49	-66%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	18	16	11	9	10	9	3	-67%	14	7	-50%
	All Drug Offenses	Total	19646	16,487	14,306	14,328	14,400	12,378	5,760	-53%	16,192	10,846	-33%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	3759	2,988	2,704	3,570	5,328	5,717	3,403	-40%	3,255	4,816	48%
		Diversion	4255	3,407	3,030	2,530	2,633	2,285	1,243	-46%	3,306	2,054	-38%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	6742	5,788	5,274	4,924	4,500	3,477	884	-75%	5,682	2,954	-48%
		Guilty	4109	3,354	2,586	2,443	1,337	535	118	-78%	3,123	663	-79%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	567	498	505	668	399	217	51	-76%	560	222	-60%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	214	452	207	193	203	147	61	-59%	266	137	-48%
	All Firearms Possession	Total	1101	1,090	1,153	1,189	1,477	1,256	580	-54%	1,133	1,104	-3%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	247	194	303	349	483	528	269	-49%	273	427	56%
		Diversion	31	33	27	28	59	69	29	-58%	30	52	73%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	627	607	608	636	826	537	247	-54%	620	537	-13%
		Guilty	112	176	136	100	50	50	16	-68%	131	39	-70%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	82	75	72	74	56	66	14	-79%	76	45	-41%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	2	5	7	2	3	6	5	-17%	4	5	25%
	All Other Offenses	Total	1570	1,587	1,259	1,372	987	743	334	-55%	1,447	688	-52%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	198	196	175	222	464	415	235	-43%	198	371	87%
		Diversion	377	382	327	339	198	137	39	-72%	356	125	-65%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	226	271	238	259	155	82	22	-73%	248	86	-65%
		Guilty	685	652	439	484	133	44	15	-66%	565	64	-89%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	65	60	55	49	27	28	8	-71%	57	21	-63%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	19	26	25	19	10	37	15	-59%	22	21	-5%
	Uncategorized Offenses	Total	4939	4,944	4,523	4,509	4,244	3,546	2,228	-37%	4,729	3,339	-29%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	2024	1,921	1,765	1,989	2,268	2,130	1,605	-25%	1,925	2,001	4%
		Diversion	579	839	847	839	494	443	189	-57%	776	375	-52%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	1259	1,196	1,176	983	828	705	338	-52%	1,154	624	-46%
		Guilty	722	621	459	373	164	108	40	-63%	544	104	-81%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	265	189	203	238	124	109	25	-77%	224	86	-62%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	90	178	73	87	366	51	31	-39%	107	149	39%
	All Offenses	Total	44890	41,503	37,554	37,275	35,355	29,716	14,772	-50%	40,306	26,614	-34%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	13681	12,551	11,892	13,533	15,855	15,675	9,488	-39%	12,914	13,673	6%
		Diversion	6345	6,023	5,491	4,690	4,211	3,627	1,805	-50%	5,637	3,214	-43%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	14878	13,501	12,715	11,959	10,940	7,834	2,724	-65%	13,263	7,166	-46%
		Guilty	7743	6,897	5,438	5,039	2,601	1,368	403	-71%	6,279	1,457	-77%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	1869	1,832	1,657	1,719	1,117	926	219	-76%	1,769	754	-57%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	374	699	361	335	631	286	133	-53%	442	350	-21%

Rates

Data: Year End Case Outcomes by Offense Category

	Offense Category	Disposition Type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Yr-Yr Change	’14-’17 Avg	’18-’20 Avg	’14-’17 Avg Compared to ’18-’20 Avg
	All Violent Offenses	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	51%	50%	49%	52%	54%	61%	70%	15%	50%	62%	24%
		Diversion	2%	4%	4%	3%	3%	4%	3%	-25%	3%	3%	0%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	30%	28%	30%	29%	30%	22%	19%	-14%	29%	24%	-17%
		Guilty	10%	11%	10%	10%	7%	7%	5%	-29%	10%	6%	-40%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	7%	8%	7%	6%	5%	6%	3%	-50%	7%	5%	-29%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	All Property Offenses	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	29%	29%	34%	39%	46%	53%	63%	19%	33%	54%	64%
		Diversion	12%	14%	13%	11%	10%	10%	10%	0%	12%	10%	-17%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	40%	40%	38%	37%	37%	33%	25%	-24%	39%	32%	-18%
		Guilty	15%	14%	12%	11%	5%	2%	1%	-50%	13%	3%	-77%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	3%	3%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	-50%	2%	1%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	All Drug Offenses	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	19%	18%	19%	25%	37%	46%	59%	28%	20%	47%	135%
		Diversion	22%	21%	21%	18%	18%	18%	22%	22%	20%	19%	-5%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	34%	35%	37%	34%	31%	28%	15%	-46%	35%	25%	-29%
		Guilty	21%	20%	18%	17%	9%	4%	2%	-50%	19%	5%	-74%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	3%	3%	4%	5%	3%	2%	1%	-50%	4%	2%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1%	3%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%	-50%
	All Firearms Possession	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	22%	18%	26%	29%	33%	42%	46%	10%	24%	40%	67%
		Diversion	3%	3%	2%	2%	4%	5%	5%	0%	2%	5%	150%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	57%	56%	53%	53%	56%	43%	43%	0%	55%	47%	-15%
		Guilty	10%	16%	12%	8%	3%	4%	3%	-25%	12%	3%	-75%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	7%	7%	6%	6%	4%	5%	2%	-60%	6%	4%	-33%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%	Inf%	0%	0%	0%
	All Other Offenses	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	13%	12%	14%	16%	47%	56%	70%	25%	14%	58%	314%
		Diversion	24%	24%	26%	25%	20%	18%	12%	-33%	25%	17%	-32%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	14%	17%	19%	19%	16%	11%	7%	-36%	17%	11%	-35%
		Guilty	44%	41%	35%	35%	13%	6%	4%	-33%	39%	8%	-79%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	4%	4%	4%	4%	3%	4%	2%	-50%	4%	3%	-25%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1%	2%	2%	1%	1%	5%	4%	-20%	2%	3%	50%
	Uncategorized Offenses	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	41%	39%	39%	44%	53%	60%	72%	20%	41%	62%	51%
		Diversion	12%	17%	19%	19%	12%	12%	8%	-33%	17%	11%	-35%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	25%	24%	26%	22%	20%	20%	15%	-25%	24%	18%	-25%
		Guilty	15%	13%	10%	8%	4%	3%	2%	-33%	12%	3%	-75%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	5%	4%	4%	5%	3%	3%	1%	-67%	4%	2%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	2%	4%	2%	2%	9%	1%	1%	0%	2%	4%	100%
	All Offenses	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	30%	30%	32%	36%	45%	53%	64%	21%	32%	54%	69%
		Diversion	14%	15%	15%	13%	12%	12%	12%	0%	14%	12%	-14%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	33%	33%	34%	32%	31%	26%	18%	-31%	33%	25%	-24%
		Guilty	17%	17%	14%	14%	7%	5%	3%	-40%	16%	5%	-69%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	4%	4%	4%	5%	3%	3%	1%	-67%	4%	2%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%

Violent

The courts have processed very few cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases that were completed during the pandemic were more likely than prior years to be withdrawals and dismissals because those types of outcomes could be easily processed without a court appearance. Many cases that require a court appearance are still pending.

Raw Counts

Data: Year End Case Outcomes by Offense Category

	Offense Category	Disposition Type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Yr-Yr Change	’14-’17 Avg	’18-’20 Avg	’14-’17 Avg Compared to ’18-’20 Avg
	Homicide	Total	283	241	210	201	202	189	79	-58%	234	157	-33%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	21	23	18	13	20	29	12	-59%	19	20	5%
		Diversion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	131	105	115	105	96	91	49	-46%	114	79	-31%
		Guilty	116	97	58	73	65	50	13	-74%	86	43	-50%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	15	16	18	10	20	15	5	-67%	15	13	-13%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	-100%	0	2	Inf%
	Non-Fatal Shooting**	Total		23	137	228	245	222	91	-59%	129	186	44%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc		18	27	56	76	66	21	-68%	34	54	59%
		Diversion		0	0	0	1	1	0	-100%	0	1	Inf%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo		2	71	130	132	97	57	-41%	68	95	40%
		Guilty		0	32	30	16	23	6	-74%	21	15	-29%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal		3	7	12	20	35	7	-80%	7	21	200%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%
	Rape	Total	283	287	289	341	401	343	142	-59%	300	295	-2%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	91	94	91	102	129	92	52	-43%	94	91	-3%
		Diversion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	146	117	125	127	168	137	49	-64%	129	118	-9%
		Guilty	35	56	58	74	77	75	28	-63%	56	60	7%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	11	19	15	37	27	38	11	-71%	20	25	25%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	100%	0	1	Inf%
	Robbery/Gun	Total	1134	878	861	876	806	562	227	-60%	937	532	-43%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	445	322	262	294	281	301	125	-58%	331	236	-29%
		Diversion	2	2	2	1	6	4	0	-100%	2	3	50%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	557	415	476	484	472	219	91	-58%	483	261	-46%
		Guilty	81	90	79	57	31	27	6	-78%	77	21	-73%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	48	49	42	40	15	10	4	-60%	45	10	-78%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0%	0	1	Inf%
	Robbery/Other	Total	1346	1,303	1,187	1,142	1,094	903	474	-48%	1,244	824	-34%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	685	645	571	627	568	594	327	-45%	632	496	-22%
		Diversion	13	23	21	13	19	16	8	-50%	18	14	-22%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	477	464	451	390	439	248	119	-52%	446	269	-40%
		Guilty	113	113	87	83	44	22	10	-55%	99	25	-75%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	56	54	57	25	23	23	8	-65%	48	18	-62%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	2	4	0	4	1	0	2	Inf%	2	1	-50%
	Aggravated Assault/Gun	Total	1098	1,123	881	895	813	664	307	-54%	999	595	-40%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	456	386	348	418	457	417	214	-49%	402	363	-10%
		Diversion	3	7	4	2	7	14	7	-50%	4	9	125%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	355	397	306	284	234	125	52	-58%	336	137	-59%
		Guilty	136	164	94	120	70	44	17	-61%	128	44	-66%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	143	168	121	69	41	61	13	-79%	125	38	-70%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	5	1	8	2	4	3	4	33%	4	4	0%
	Aggravated Assault/Other	Total	3201	3,009	2,840	2,790	2,678	2,382	1,335	-44%	2,960	2,132	-28%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	1767	1,684	1,571	1,609	1,643	1,576	1,008	-36%	1,658	1,409	-15%
		Diversion	57	84	71	56	76	118	37	-69%	67	77	15%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	826	657	684	637	644	414	192	-54%	701	417	-41%
		Guilty	320	311	290	256	165	143	57	-60%	294	122	-59%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	224	267	215	227	139	119	36	-70%	233	98	-58%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	7	6	9	5	11	12	5	-58%	7	9	29%
	Other Assaults	Total	3083	3,302	2,851	2,596	2,445	2,379	1,260	-47%	2,958	2,028	-31%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	1885	1,982	1,671	1,646	1,592	1,680	1,013	-40%	1,796	1,428	-20%
		Diversion	155	245	238	179	175	149	65	-56%	204	130	-36%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	603	604	464	425	388	294	114	-61%	524	265	-49%
		Guilty	231	229	249	175	133	120	42	-65%	221	98	-56%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	194	234	212	161	137	122	24	-80%	200	94	-53%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	15	8	17	10	20	14	2	-86%	12	12	0%
	Sexual Assault and Other Sex Offenses	Total	255	212	204	227	269	231	98	-58%	224	199	-11%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	73	43	55	52	99	67	35	-48%	56	67	20%
		Diversion	5	3	2	5	4	3	1	-67%	4	3	-25%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	120	105	103	111	114	110	44	-60%	110	89	-19%
		Guilty	42	42	25	39	35	30	14	-53%	37	26	-30%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	14	17	16	17	16	20	2	-90%	16	13	-19%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1	2	3	3	1	1	2	100%	2	1	-50%
	All Violent Offenses	Total	10683	10,378	9,460	9,296	8,953	7,875	4,013	-49%	9,954	6,947	-30%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	5423	5,197	4,614	4,817	4,865	4,822	2,807	-42%	5,013	4,165	-17%
		Diversion	235	364	338	256	288	305	118	-61%	298	237	-20%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	3215	2,866	2,795	2,693	2,687	1,735	767	-56%	2,892	1,730	-40%
		Guilty	1074	1,102	972	907	636	534	193	-64%	1,014	454	-55%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	705	827	703	598	438	443	110	-75%	708	330	-53%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	31	22	38	25	39	36	18	-50%	29	31	7%

Rates

Data: Year End Case Outcomes by Offense Category

	Offense Category	Disposition Type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Yr-Yr Change	’14-’17 Avg	’18-’20 Avg	’14-’17 Avg Compared to ’18-’20 Avg
	Homicide	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	7%	10%	9%	6%	10%	15%	15%	0%	8%	13%	62%
		Diversion	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	46%	44%	55%	52%	48%	48%	62%	29%	49%	53%	8%
		Guilty	41%	40%	28%	36%	32%	26%	16%	-38%	36%	25%	-31%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	5%	7%	9%	5%	10%	8%	6%	-25%	6%	8%	33%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	-100%	0%	1%	Inf%
	Non-Fatal Shooting**	Total		100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc		78%	20%	25%	31%	30%	23%	-23%	41%	28%	-32%
		Diversion		0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo		9%	52%	57%	54%	44%	63%	43%	39%	54%	38%
		Guilty		0%	23%	13%	7%	10%	7%	-30%	12%	8%	-33%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal		13%	5%	5%	8%	16%	8%	-50%	8%	11%	38%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal		0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Rape	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	32%	33%	31%	30%	32%	27%	37%	37%	32%	32%	0%
		Diversion	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	52%	41%	43%	37%	42%	40%	35%	-12%	43%	39%	-9%
		Guilty	12%	20%	20%	22%	19%	22%	20%	-9%	18%	20%	11%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	4%	7%	5%	11%	7%	11%	8%	-27%	7%	9%	29%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	Inf%	0%	0%	0%
	Robbery/Gun	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	39%	37%	30%	34%	35%	54%	55%	2%	35%	48%	37%
		Diversion	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	1%	0%	-100%	0%	1%	Inf%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	49%	47%	55%	55%	59%	39%	40%	3%	52%	46%	-12%
		Guilty	7%	10%	9%	7%	4%	5%	3%	-40%	8%	4%	-50%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	4%	6%	5%	5%	2%	2%	2%	0%	5%	2%	-60%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Robbery/Other	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	51%	50%	48%	55%	52%	66%	69%	5%	51%	62%	22%
		Diversion	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	0%	2%	2%	0%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	35%	36%	38%	34%	40%	27%	25%	-7%	36%	31%	-14%
		Guilty	8%	9%	7%	7%	4%	2%	2%	0%	8%	3%	-62%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	4%	4%	5%	2%	2%	3%	2%	-33%	4%	2%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Aggravated Assault/Gun	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	42%	34%	40%	47%	56%	63%	70%	11%	41%	63%	54%
		Diversion	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	2%	2%	0%	0%	2%	Inf%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	32%	35%	35%	32%	29%	19%	17%	-11%	34%	22%	-35%
		Guilty	12%	15%	11%	13%	9%	7%	6%	-14%	13%	7%	-46%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	13%	15%	14%	8%	5%	9%	4%	-56%	12%	6%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%	Inf%	0%	0%	0%
	Aggravated Assault/Other	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	55%	56%	55%	58%	61%	66%	76%	15%	56%	68%	21%
		Diversion	2%	3%	2%	2%	3%	5%	3%	-40%	2%	4%	100%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	26%	22%	24%	23%	24%	17%	14%	-18%	24%	18%	-25%
		Guilty	10%	10%	10%	9%	6%	6%	4%	-33%	10%	5%	-50%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	7%	9%	8%	8%	5%	5%	3%	-40%	8%	4%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	-100%	0%	0%	0%
	Other Assaults	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	61%	60%	59%	63%	65%	71%	80%	13%	61%	72%	18%
		Diversion	5%	7%	8%	7%	7%	6%	5%	-17%	7%	6%	-14%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	20%	18%	16%	16%	16%	12%	9%	-25%	18%	12%	-33%
		Guilty	7%	7%	9%	7%	5%	5%	3%	-40%	8%	4%	-50%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	6%	7%	7%	6%	6%	5%	2%	-60%	6%	4%	-33%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	-100%	0%	1%	Inf%
	Sexual Assault and Other Sex Offenses	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	29%	20%	27%	23%	37%	29%	36%	24%	25%	34%	36%
		Diversion	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%	-50%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	47%	50%	50%	49%	42%	48%	45%	-6%	49%	45%	-8%
		Guilty	16%	20%	12%	17%	13%	13%	14%	8%	16%	13%	-19%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	5%	8%	8%	7%	6%	9%	2%	-78%	7%	6%	-14%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%	2%	Inf%	1%	1%	0%
	All Violent Offenses	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	51%	50%	49%	52%	54%	61%	70%	15%	50%	62%	24%
		Diversion	2%	4%	4%	3%	3%	4%	3%	-25%	3%	3%	0%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	30%	28%	30%	29%	30%	22%	19%	-14%	29%	24%	-17%
		Guilty	10%	11%	10%	10%	7%	7%	5%	-29%	10%	6%	-40%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	7%	8%	7%	6%	5%	6%	3%	-50%	7%	5%	-29%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Property

The courts have processed very few cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases that were completed during the pandemic were more likely than prior years to be withdrawals and dismissals because those types of outcomes could be easily processed without a court appearance. Many cases that require a court appearance are still pending.

Raw Counts

Data: Year End Case Outcomes by Offense Category

	Offense Category	Disposition Type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Yr-Yr Change	’14-’17 Avg	’18-’20 Avg	’14-’17 Avg Compared to ’18-’20 Avg
	Burglary/Residential	Total	1159	1,017	910	881	878	721	326	-55%	992	642	-35%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	419	371	358	329	391	370	215	-42%	369	325	-12%
		Diversion	24	48	26	16	17	19	6	-68%	28	14	-50%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	573	487	425	469	428	308	100	-68%	488	279	-43%
		Guilty	101	59	74	42	23	14	3	-79%	69	13	-81%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	41	52	27	24	18	9	2	-78%	36	10	-72%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	-100%	0	1	Inf%
	Burglary/Commercial	Total	334	315	344	340	380	252	119	-53%	333	250	-25%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	61	64	94	100	187	109	60	-45%	80	119	49%
		Diversion	16	16	18	10	7	7	4	-43%	15	6	-60%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	229	207	216	220	174	124	55	-56%	218	118	-46%
		Guilty	22	14	13	9	6	6	0	-100%	14	4	-71%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	5	14	3	1	6	3	0	-100%	6	3	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	-100%	0	1	Inf%
	Theft of Motor Vehicle Tag	Total	11	3	4	9	7	6	3	-50%	7	5	-29%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	6	0	3	6	3	3	3	0%	4	3	-25%
		Diversion	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0%	1	0	-100%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	-100%	2	1	-50%
		Guilty	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	-100%	0	1	Inf%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-100%	0	0	0%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%
	Theft from Person	Total	56	54	37	43	30	24	9	-62%	48	21	-56%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	22	13	11	26	13	11	8	-27%	18	11	-39%
		Diversion	4	6	4	1	3	3	0	-100%	4	2	-50%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	20	28	17	12	10	8	0	-100%	19	6	-68%
		Guilty	5	4	5	3	3	1	0	-100%	4	1	-75%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	5	1	0	1	0	1	1	0%	2	1	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0%
	Theft from Auto	Total	541	621	484	739	566	525	231	-56%	596	441	-26%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	159	144	155	259	232	266	149	-44%	179	216	21%
		Diversion	35	49	55	58	46	47	15	-68%	49	36	-27%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	224	257	171	296	243	185	62	-66%	237	163	-31%
		Guilty	111	158	96	114	40	20	3	-85%	120	21	-82%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	10	12	6	9	5	5	2	-60%	9	4	-56%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	2	1	1	3	0	2	0	-100%	2	1	-50%
	Retail Theft	Total	2470	2,512	2,519	2,282	1,234	471	265	-44%	2,446	657	-73%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	638	799	854	1,023	668	306	206	-33%	828	393	-53%
		Diversion	492	466	413	296	147	45	34	-24%	417	75	-82%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	790	740	763	612	305	106	22	-79%	726	144	-80%
		Guilty	521	489	466	344	107	12	2	-83%	455	40	-91%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	22	12	18	6	2	2	0	-100%	14	1	-93%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	7	6	5	1	5	0	1	Inf%	5	2	-60%
	Theft	Total	959	907	801	891	795	695	338	-51%	890	609	-32%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	310	252	235	328	360	355	211	-41%	281	309	10%
		Diversion	114	144	134	118	93	77	43	-44%	128	71	-45%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	338	310	329	292	269	229	73	-68%	317	190	-40%
		Guilty	154	163	84	133	60	20	6	-70%	134	29	-78%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	40	34	18	17	12	11	4	-64%	27	9	-67%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	3	4	1	3	1	3	1	-67%	3	2	-33%
	Auto Theft	Total	722	768	976	750	771	709	308	-57%	804	596	-26%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	240	222	391	303	377	404	193	-52%	289	325	12%
		Diversion	42	43	61	26	35	44	15	-66%	43	31	-28%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	329	410	437	350	314	232	94	-59%	382	213	-44%
		Guilty	78	57	59	50	23	12	4	-67%	61	13	-79%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	32	34	27	21	22	17	2	-88%	28	14	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0%	1	0	-100%
	Fraud/Theft of Services	Total	577	660	626	513	484	403	189	-53%	594	359	-40%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	149	169	191	181	168	203	90	-56%	172	154	-10%
		Diversion	91	143	143	117	128	97	47	-52%	124	91	-27%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	268	291	234	174	168	87	48	-45%	242	101	-58%
		Guilty	40	38	39	28	13	8	3	-62%	36	8	-78%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	27	19	16	12	6	8	0	-100%	18	5	-72%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	Inf%	2	1	-50%
	Embezzlement	Total	122	160	152	133	149	112	69	-38%	142	110	-23%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	26	21	39	31	48	36	34	-6%	29	39	34%
		Diversion	49	83	68	54	62	49	23	-53%	64	45	-30%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	36	41	31	38	31	18	12	-33%	36	20	-44%
		Guilty	8	10	10	9	5	3	0	-100%	9	3	-67%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	2	5	4	1	2	6	0	-100%	3	3	0%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0%
	All Property Offenses	Total	6951	7,017	6,853	6,581	5,294	3,918	1,857	-53%	6,850	3,690	-46%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	2030	2,055	2,331	2,586	2,447	2,063	1,169	-43%	2,250	1,893	-16%
		Diversion	868	998	922	698	539	388	187	-52%	872	371	-57%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	2809	2,773	2,624	2,464	1,944	1,298	466	-64%	2,668	1,236	-54%
		Guilty	1041	992	846	732	281	97	21	-78%	903	133	-85%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	185	183	119	92	73	63	11	-83%	145	49	-66%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	18	16	11	9	10	9	3	-67%	14	7	-50%

Rates

Data: Year End Case Outcomes by Offense Category

	Offense Category	Disposition Type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Yr-Yr Change	’14-’17 Avg	’18-’20 Avg	’14-’17 Avg Compared to ’18-’20 Avg
	Burglary/Residential	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	36%	36%	39%	37%	45%	51%	66%	29%	37%	54%	46%
		Diversion	2%	5%	3%	2%	2%	3%	2%	-33%	3%	2%	-33%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	49%	48%	47%	53%	49%	43%	31%	-28%	49%	41%	-16%
		Guilty	9%	6%	8%	5%	3%	2%	1%	-50%	7%	2%	-71%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	4%	5%	3%	3%	2%	1%	1%	0%	4%	1%	-75%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Burglary/Commercial	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	18%	20%	27%	29%	49%	43%	50%	16%	24%	47%	96%
		Diversion	5%	5%	5%	3%	2%	3%	3%	0%	4%	3%	-25%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	69%	66%	63%	65%	46%	49%	46%	-6%	66%	47%	-29%
		Guilty	7%	4%	4%	3%	2%	2%	0%	-100%	4%	1%	-75%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	1%	4%	1%	0%	2%	1%	0%	-100%	2%	1%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	-100%	0%	0%	0%
	Theft of Motor Vehicle Tag	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	55%	0%	75%	67%	43%	50%	100%	100%	49%	64%	31%
		Diversion	9%	0%	0%	22%	14%	0%	0%	0%	8%	5%	-38%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	18%	67%	25%	11%	29%	17%	0%	-100%	30%	15%	-50%
		Guilty	9%	0%	0%	0%	14%	17%	0%	-100%	2%	10%	400%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	9%	0%	0%	0%	0%	17%	0%	-100%	2%	6%	200%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	33%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	8%	0%	-100%
	Theft from Person	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	39%	24%	30%	60%	43%	46%	89%	93%	38%	59%	55%
		Diversion	7%	11%	11%	2%	10%	12%	0%	-100%	8%	7%	-12%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	36%	52%	46%	28%	33%	33%	0%	-100%	40%	22%	-45%
		Guilty	9%	7%	14%	7%	10%	4%	0%	-100%	9%	5%	-44%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	9%	2%	0%	2%	0%	4%	11%	175%	3%	5%	67%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	4%	0%	0%	3%	0%	0%	0%	1%	1%	0%
	Theft from Auto	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	29%	23%	32%	35%	41%	51%	65%	27%	30%	52%	73%
		Diversion	6%	8%	11%	8%	8%	9%	6%	-33%	8%	8%	0%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	41%	41%	35%	40%	43%	35%	27%	-23%	39%	35%	-10%
		Guilty	21%	25%	20%	15%	7%	4%	1%	-75%	20%	4%	-80%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Retail Theft	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	26%	32%	34%	45%	54%	65%	78%	20%	34%	66%	94%
		Diversion	20%	19%	16%	13%	12%	10%	13%	30%	17%	12%	-29%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	32%	29%	30%	27%	25%	23%	8%	-65%	30%	19%	-37%
		Guilty	21%	19%	18%	15%	9%	3%	1%	-67%	18%	4%	-78%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Theft	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	32%	28%	29%	37%	45%	51%	62%	22%	32%	53%	66%
		Diversion	12%	16%	17%	13%	12%	11%	13%	18%	14%	12%	-14%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	35%	34%	41%	33%	34%	33%	22%	-33%	36%	30%	-17%
		Guilty	16%	18%	10%	15%	8%	3%	2%	-33%	15%	4%	-73%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	4%	4%	2%	2%	2%	2%	1%	-50%	3%	2%	-33%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Auto Theft	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	33%	29%	40%	40%	49%	57%	63%	11%	36%	56%	56%
		Diversion	6%	6%	6%	3%	5%	6%	5%	-17%	5%	5%	0%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	46%	53%	45%	47%	41%	33%	31%	-6%	48%	35%	-27%
		Guilty	11%	7%	6%	7%	3%	2%	1%	-50%	8%	2%	-75%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	4%	4%	3%	3%	3%	2%	1%	-50%	4%	2%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Fraud/Theft of Services	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	26%	26%	31%	35%	35%	50%	48%	-4%	30%	44%	47%
		Diversion	16%	22%	23%	23%	26%	24%	25%	4%	21%	25%	19%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	46%	44%	37%	34%	35%	22%	25%	14%	40%	27%	-32%
		Guilty	7%	6%	6%	5%	3%	2%	2%	0%	6%	2%	-67%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	5%	3%	3%	2%	1%	2%	0%	-100%	3%	1%	-67%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	Inf%	0%	0%	0%
	Embezzlement	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	21%	13%	26%	23%	32%	32%	49%	53%	21%	38%	81%
		Diversion	40%	52%	45%	41%	42%	44%	33%	-25%	44%	40%	-9%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	30%	26%	20%	29%	21%	16%	17%	6%	26%	18%	-31%
		Guilty	7%	6%	7%	7%	3%	3%	0%	-100%	7%	2%	-71%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	2%	3%	3%	1%	1%	5%	0%	-100%	2%	2%	0%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	All Property Offenses	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	29%	29%	34%	39%	46%	53%	63%	19%	33%	54%	64%
		Diversion	12%	14%	13%	11%	10%	10%	10%	0%	12%	10%	-17%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	40%	40%	38%	37%	37%	33%	25%	-24%	39%	32%	-18%
		Guilty	15%	14%	12%	11%	5%	2%	1%	-50%	13%	3%	-77%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	3%	3%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	-50%	2%	1%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Drugs

The courts have processed very few cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases that were completed during the pandemic were more likely than prior years to be withdrawals and dismissals because those types of outcomes could be easily processed without a court appearance. Many cases that require a court appearance are still pending.

Raw Counts

Data: Year End Case Outcomes by Offense Category

	Offense Category	Disposition Type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Yr-Yr Change	’14-’17 Avg	’18-’20 Avg	’14-’17 Avg Compared to ’18-’20 Avg
	Drug Possession	Total	7830	5,868	4,617	4,454	4,867	4,115	2,909	-29%	5,692	3,964	-30%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	1483	986	715	919	1,735	1,883	2,000	6%	1,026	1,873	83%
		Diversion	3099	1,964	1,523	1,292	1,423	1,305	760	-42%	1,970	1,163	-41%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	878	938	951	982	917	708	100	-86%	937	575	-39%
		Guilty	2208	1,806	1,302	1,149	706	161	27	-83%	1,616	298	-82%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	102	74	67	60	23	17	1	-94%	76	14	-82%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	60	100	59	52	63	41	21	-49%	68	42	-38%
	Drug Sales	Total	7538	6,595	5,853	6,078	6,241	5,618	2,145	-62%	6,516	4,668	-28%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	1307	1,130	1,191	1,584	2,594	2,717	1,206	-56%	1,303	2,172	67%
		Diversion	606	475	509	569	492	447	224	-50%	540	388	-28%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	4048	3,424	2,999	2,869	2,572	2,104	617	-71%	3,335	1,764	-47%
		Guilty	1245	1,024	842	752	355	190	43	-77%	966	196	-80%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	239	244	208	189	119	88	22	-75%	220	76	-65%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	93	298	104	115	109	72	33	-54%	152	71	-53%
	DUI	Total	4278	4,024	3,836	3,796	3,292	2,645	706	-73%	3,984	2,214	-44%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	969	872	798	1,067	999	1,117	197	-82%	926	771	-17%
		Diversion	550	968	998	669	718	533	259	-51%	796	503	-37%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	1816	1,426	1,324	1,073	1,011	665	167	-75%	1,410	614	-56%
		Guilty	656	524	442	542	276	184	48	-74%	541	169	-69%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	226	180	230	419	257	112	28	-75%	264	132	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	61	54	44	26	31	34	7	-79%	46	24	-48%
	All Drug Offenses	Total	19646	16,487	14,306	14,328	14,400	12,378	5,760	-53%	16,192	10,846	-33%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	3759	2,988	2,704	3,570	5,328	5,717	3,403	-40%	3,255	4,816	48%
		Diversion	4255	3,407	3,030	2,530	2,633	2,285	1,243	-46%	3,306	2,054	-38%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	6742	5,788	5,274	4,924	4,500	3,477	884	-75%	5,682	2,954	-48%
		Guilty	4109	3,354	2,586	2,443	1,337	535	118	-78%	3,123	663	-79%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	567	498	505	668	399	217	51	-76%	560	222	-60%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	214	452	207	193	203	147	61	-59%	266	137	-48%

Rates

Data: Year End Case Outcomes by Offense Category

	Offense Category	Disposition Type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Yr-Yr Change	’14-’17 Avg	’18-’20 Avg	’14-’17 Avg Compared to ’18-’20 Avg
	Drug Possession	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	19%	17%	15%	21%	36%	46%	69%	50%	18%	50%	178%
		Diversion	40%	33%	33%	29%	29%	32%	26%	-19%	34%	29%	-15%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	11%	16%	21%	22%	19%	17%	3%	-82%	18%	13%	-28%
		Guilty	28%	31%	28%	26%	15%	4%	1%	-75%	28%	7%	-75%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	-100%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%
	Drug Sales	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	17%	17%	20%	26%	42%	48%	56%	17%	20%	49%	145%
		Diversion	8%	7%	9%	9%	8%	8%	10%	25%	8%	9%	12%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	54%	52%	51%	47%	41%	37%	29%	-22%	51%	36%	-29%
		Guilty	17%	16%	14%	12%	6%	3%	2%	-33%	15%	4%	-73%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	3%	4%	4%	3%	2%	2%	1%	-50%	4%	2%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1%	5%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	100%	2%	2%	0%
	DUI	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	23%	22%	21%	28%	30%	42%	28%	-33%	24%	33%	38%
		Diversion	13%	24%	26%	18%	22%	20%	37%	85%	20%	26%	30%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	42%	35%	35%	28%	31%	25%	24%	-4%	35%	27%	-23%
		Guilty	15%	13%	12%	14%	8%	7%	7%	0%	14%	7%	-50%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	5%	4%	6%	11%	8%	4%	4%	0%	6%	5%	-17%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%
	All Drug Offenses	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	19%	18%	19%	25%	37%	46%	59%	28%	20%	47%	135%
		Diversion	22%	21%	21%	18%	18%	18%	22%	22%	20%	19%	-5%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	34%	35%	37%	34%	31%	28%	15%	-46%	35%	25%	-29%
		Guilty	21%	20%	18%	17%	9%	4%	2%	-50%	19%	5%	-74%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	3%	3%	4%	5%	3%	2%	1%	-50%	4%	2%	-50%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1%	3%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%	-50%

Firearms

The courts have processed very few cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases that were completed during the pandemic were more likely than prior years to be withdrawals and dismissals because those types of outcomes could be easily processed without a court appearance. Many cases that require a court appearance are still pending.

Raw Counts

Data: Year End Case Outcomes by Offense Category

	Offense Category	Disposition Type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Yr-Yr Change	’14-’17 Avg	’18-’20 Avg	’14-’17 Avg Compared to ’18-’20 Avg
	Illegal Firearms Possession	Total	1101	1,090	1,153	1,189	1,477	1,256	580	-54%	1,133	1,104	-3%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	247	194	303	349	483	528	269	-49%	273	427	56%
		Diversion	31	33	27	28	59	69	29	-58%	30	52	73%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	627	607	608	636	826	537	247	-54%	620	537	-13%
		Guilty	112	176	136	100	50	50	16	-68%	131	39	-70%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	82	75	72	74	56	66	14	-79%	76	45	-41%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	2	5	7	2	3	6	5	-17%	4	5	25%
	All Firearms Possession	Total	1101	1,090	1,153	1,189	1,477	1,256	580	-54%	1,133	1,104	-3%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	247	194	303	349	483	528	269	-49%	273	427	56%
		Diversion	31	33	27	28	59	69	29	-58%	30	52	73%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	627	607	608	636	826	537	247	-54%	620	537	-13%
		Guilty	112	176	136	100	50	50	16	-68%	131	39	-70%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	82	75	72	74	56	66	14	-79%	76	45	-41%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	2	5	7	2	3	6	5	-17%	4	5	25%

Rates

Data: Year End Case Outcomes by Offense Category

	Offense Category	Disposition Type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Yr-Yr Change	’14-’17 Avg	’18-’20 Avg	’14-’17 Avg Compared to ’18-’20 Avg
	Illegal Firearms Possession	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	22%	18%	26%	29%	33%	42%	46%	10%	24%	40%	67%
		Diversion	3%	3%	2%	2%	4%	5%	5%	0%	2%	5%	150%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	57%	56%	53%	53%	56%	43%	43%	0%	55%	47%	-15%
		Guilty	10%	16%	12%	8%	3%	4%	3%	-25%	12%	3%	-75%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	7%	7%	6%	6%	4%	5%	2%	-60%	6%	4%	-33%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%	Inf%	0%	0%	0%
	All Firearms Possession	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	22%	18%	26%	29%	33%	42%	46%	10%	24%	40%	67%
		Diversion	3%	3%	2%	2%	4%	5%	5%	0%	2%	5%	150%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	57%	56%	53%	53%	56%	43%	43%	0%	55%	47%	-15%
		Guilty	10%	16%	12%	8%	3%	4%	3%	-25%	12%	3%	-75%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	7%	7%	6%	6%	4%	5%	2%	-60%	6%	4%	-33%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%	Inf%	0%	0%	0%

Other

The courts have processed very few cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases that were completed during the pandemic were more likely than prior years to be withdrawals and dismissals because those types of outcomes could be easily processed without a court appearance. Many cases that require a court appearance are still pending.

Raw Counts

Data: Year End Case Outcomes by Offense Category

	Offense Category	Disposition Type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Yr-Yr Change	’14-’17 Avg	’18-’20 Avg	’14-’17 Avg Compared to ’18-’20 Avg
	Prostitution/Sex Work	Total	920	934	696	785	523	295	105	-64%	834	308	-63%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	23	16	21	25	264	170	85	-50%	21	173	724%
		Diversion	154	203	171	178	95	38	0	-100%	176	44	-75%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	123	126	121	148	61	26	1	-96%	130	29	-78%
		Guilty	595	562	358	407	94	24	4	-83%	480	41	-91%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	8	6	4	9	1	1	0	-100%	7	1	-86%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	17	21	21	18	8	36	15	-58%	19	20	5%
	Patronizing Prostitutes	Total	274	230	200	220	136	115	56	-51%	231	102	-56%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	3	4	7	7	17	15	24	60%	5	19	280%
		Diversion	207	157	139	150	88	79	30	-62%	163	66	-60%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	15	23	15	27	14	13	2	-85%	20	10	-50%
		Guilty	39	38	26	27	12	6	0	-100%	32	6	-81%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	9	8	10	9	5	2	0	-100%	9	2	-78%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0%	1	0	-100%
	Threats of Violence	Total	376	423	363	367	328	333	173	-48%	382	278	-27%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	172	176	147	190	183	230	126	-45%	171	180	5%
		Diversion	16	22	17	11	15	20	9	-55%	16	15	-6%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	88	122	102	84	80	43	19	-56%	99	47	-53%
		Guilty	51	52	55	50	27	14	11	-21%	52	17	-67%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	48	46	41	31	21	25	8	-68%	42	18	-57%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	1	5	1	1	2	1	0	-100%	2	1	-50%
	All Other Offenses	Total	1570	1,587	1,259	1,372	987	743	334	-55%	1,447	688	-52%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	198	196	175	222	464	415	235	-43%	198	371	87%
		Diversion	377	382	327	339	198	137	39	-72%	356	125	-65%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	226	271	238	259	155	82	22	-73%	248	86	-65%
		Guilty	685	652	439	484	133	44	15	-66%	565	64	-89%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	65	60	55	49	27	28	8	-71%	57	21	-63%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	19	26	25	19	10	37	15	-59%	22	21	-5%

Rates

Data: Year End Case Outcomes by Offense Category

	Offense Category	Disposition Type	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Yr-Yr Change	’14-’17 Avg	’18-’20 Avg	’14-’17 Avg Compared to ’18-’20 Avg
	Prostitution/Sex Work	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	2%	2%	3%	3%	50%	58%	81%	40%	2%	63%	3050%
		Diversion	17%	22%	25%	23%	18%	13%	0%	-100%	22%	10%	-55%
		Guilty Plea/Nolo	13%	13%	17%	19%	12%	9%	1%	-89%	16%	7%	-56%
		Guilty	65%	60%	51%	52%	18%	8%	4%	-50%	57%	10%	-82%
		Not Guilty/Acquittal	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	-100%
		Exonerated/Won on Appeal	2%	2%	3%	2%	2%	12%	14%	17%	2%	9%	350%
	Patronizing Prostitutes	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	100%	100%	0%
		Dismissed/Withdrawn/Etc	1%	2%	4%	3%	12%	13%	43%	231%	2%	23%	1050%
		Diversion	76%	68%	70%	68%	65%