Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1997 Page :23

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(b)
	Percentage

Type of trial court by result of appeal	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
All courts
All results	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Conviction quashed	3	4	5	6	5	3	3	4	3	2	2
Sentence reduced	15	14	13	14	12	10	11	9	9	9	15
Other appeals sustained	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	*	*	1	*
Appeal dismissed	36	40	41	40	43	44	44	42	40	23	23
Appeal abandoned	46	42	41	40	39	42	41	45	47	66	59

High court
All results	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Conviction quashed	1	2	3	3	4	2	1	1	-	1	1
Sentence reduced	8	11	8	10	11	9	10	9	9	11	19
Other appeals sustained	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Appeal dismissed	43	45	46	44	45	42	48	44	47	38	34
Appeal abandoned	48	41	44	43	39	47	40	44	43	49	45

Sheriff Solemn court
All results	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Conviction quashed	4	1	3	2	3	1	2	2	3	1	2
Sentence reduced	17	10	13	15	14	15	7	13	12	11	16
Other appeals sustained	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	*
Appeal dismissed	33	39	35	38	38	39	40	39	34	22	29
Appeal abandoned	46	49	48	45	44	45	51	46	51	65	52

Sheriff Summary court
All results	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Conviction quashed	2	4	4	5	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Sentence reduced	15	17	14	14	12	10	12	9	9	8	15
Other appeals sustained	1	-	*	*	*	1	1	*	*	*	*
Appeal dismissed	36	40	44	41	46	46	44	42	41	21	22
Appeal abandoned	46	40	38	39	38	40	40	46	48	69	62

District court⁽¹⁾
All results	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Conviction quashed	11	11	10	16	19	7	7	12	12	7	7
Sentence reduced	17	10	14	11	10	6	9	5	9	7	15
Other appeals sustained	1	1	-	-	1	*	*	1	-	1	-
Appeal dismissed	27	35	29	33	33	39	47	45	37	21	16
Appeal abandoned	45	43	47	39	37	48	36	37	42	65	62

1 Includes stipendiary magistrate court.