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Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2004 - Statistical Tables

Table 14. Percent of felony defendants who were released prior to case disposition, by criminal history, 2004

Criminal history			Number of defendants		Felony defendants in the 75 largest counties
					Released prior to case disposition							Detained until case disposition
					Total released		Financial   release		Non- financial release			Total		Held on bail		Denied bail
Criminal justice status
	Any type		20,972		42	%	25	%	18	%		58	%	47	%	11	%
		On parole	2,590		17		11		6			83		63		21
		On probation	8,592		37		23		15			63		52		10
		On pretrial release*	5,813		57		32		25			43		37		7
		In custody	931		30		19		10			70		42		29
		Other	3,046		53		29		25			47		41		5
	None		32,929		67		36		31			33		30		3
Court appearance history
	With prior arrest(s)		38,238		51	%	30	%	22	%		49	%	43	%	6	%
		With prior failure to appear	12,148		48		24		23			52		44		8
		Made all prior appearances	23,005		52		31		21			48		43		5
	No prior arrests		10,792		71		41		30			29		23		6
Number of prior convictions
	With prior conviction(s)		33,043		49	%	27	%	22	%		51	%	45	%	7	%
		5 or more	14,756		41		21		20			59		51		8
		2-4	11,380		51		29		22			49		43		6
		1	6,907		61		35		25			39		35		5
	No prior convictions		20,360		71		39		33			29		24		5
Most serious prior conviction
	Any type of felony		24,531		45	%	25	%	20	%		55	%	48	%	8	%
		Violent felony	6,052		43		23		20			57		48		9
		Nonviolent felony	18,480		45		25		20			55		48		7
	Misdemeanor		8,512		60		34		26			40		37		4
Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. *Includes all defendants who were released prior to case disposition and did not have an open bench warrant for failure to appear.

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