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Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1991/1 Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1997
 
 
Appeals against conviction, sentence and acquittal by type of disposal being appealed, 1997

Table 17
 

Number
 

Main crime or offence

Disposal before appeal

All crimes and offences

Violence

Indecency

Dishonesty

Damage

Other crime

Miscellaneous offences

Motor vehicle offences
All disposals before appeal

3,267

368

71

926

55

496

640

711

 
Custody
Less than 1 year

1,823

121

19

719

25

304

381

254

1-4 years

331

140

21

66

4

85

4

11

5-9 years

93

57

9

1

-

24

1

1

10 or more years

30

12

5

2

-

11

-

-

Life1

19

18

1

-

-

-

-

-

 
Fine

680

13

5

54

16

49

182

361

 
Disqualification

61

-

-

5

-

-

1

55

 
Other sentence

225

6

10

79

10

20

71

29

 
Acquittal

5

1

1

-

-

3

-

-

1 Includes indeterminate sentences.
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