NCJ Number
199496
Date Published
2002
Length
196 pages
Annotation
This document is a supplement for the fiscal year 2002 Missouri Judicial Report.
Abstract
This supplemental report provides statistical data for various aspects of the Missouri judicial system. First, statistical information for Missouri’s supreme court are presented, and include tables indicating 25 civil cases and 15 criminal cases were disposed in the Supreme Court under direct appeal during 2002. Data from 1994 through 2002 are offered in some cases for comparison purposes. Data from the Missouri Court of Appeals are presented next, with tables showing the numbers of writs and appeals filed, disposed, and pending. Statewide summary statistics for the circuit court are provided in the next section, detailing the fiscal year 2002 caseload, broken down by type of case. Method of dispositions by type of case is also presented. The next section shows data regarding Missouri’s 45 judicial circuits; profiles of civil and criminal offenses are provided for each circuit. This is followed by a section describing other aspects of circuit cases, such as information about various civil and criminal cases. Next, the report offers data on case processing time standards for circuit courts. This information regards the age of the case at disposition. The final section presents information about fines collected by the Fine Collection Center in its 55 member counties; data are broken down by type of case. The appendices offer a map of the counties by district for the Court of Appeals and definitions of terms.