Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1997 Page :22

Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1991/1 Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1997

Appeals against conviction, sentence and acquittal by type of trial court and result of appeal, 1987-1997	Table 16(a)
	Number

Type of trial court by result of appeal	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
All courts
All results	1,925	2,439	2,944	3,166	2,972	3,474	3,652	3,407	3,415	2,946	3,267
Conviction quashed	56	97	133	181	146	101	112	125	105	59	71
Sentence reduced	284	349	388	432	362	356	396	314	315	259	505
Other appeals sustained	9	4	6	8	13	29	36	17	14	15	10
Appeal dismissed	690	972	1,204	1,269	1,288	1,524	1,601	1,426	1,377	665	748
Appeal abandoned	886	1,017	1,213	1,276	1,163	1,464	1,507	1,525	1,604	1,948	1,933

High court
All results	236	253	280	272	234	257	290	287	277	292	262
Conviction quashed	2	6	7	7	10	4	2	4	-	4	2
Sentence reduced	19	29	22	26	25	22	30	27	24	31	49
Other appeals sustained	-	2	-	3	3	2	3	4	2	4	4
Appeal dismissed	102	113	128	120	105	108	139	125	131	110	90
Appeal abandoned	113	103	123	116	91	121	116	127	120	143	117

Sheriff Solemn court
All results	272	412	479	496	473	521	552	540	437	397	410
Conviction quashed	10	6	15	11	16	6	10	9	12	3	10
Sentence reduced	47	41	64	73	67	78	41	70	54	45	67
Other appeals sustained	-	-	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	1
Appeal dismissed	91	162	166	190	180	201	219	210	147	87	118
Appeal abandoned	124	203	232	221	209	234	280	249	221	260	214

Sheriff Summary court
All results	1,226	1,481	1,864	2,005	1,893	2,273	2,389	2,124	2,248	1,974	2,260
Conviction quashed	23	52	78	99	48	60	69	57	37	33	36
Sentence reduced	186	251	257	288	233	232	286	193	197	164	338
Other appeals sustained	7	-	4	4	7	23	29	8	9	7	5
Appeal dismissed	446	593	817	828	879	1,051	1,045	887	931	408	487
Appeal abandoned	564	585	708	786	726	907	960	979	1,074	1,362	1,394

District court⁽¹⁾
All results	191	293	321	393	372	423	421	456	453	283	335
Conviction quashed	21	33	33	64	72	31	31	55	56	19	23
Sentence reduced	32	28	45	45	37	24	39	24	40	19	51
Other appeals sustained	2	2	-	-	2	2	2	3	-	2	-
Appeal dismissed	51	104	93	131	124	164	198	204	168	60	53
Appeal abandoned	85	126	150	153	137	202	151	170	189	183	208

1 Includes stipendiary magistrate court.