BY-PASSING THE JURY - A STUDY OF CHANGES OF PLEA AND DIRECTED ACQUITTALS IN HIGHER COURTS

• NCJ Number: 28502
• Author(s): S MCCABE; R PURVES
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 46 pages
• Corporate Author: Oxford University
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF DEFENDANTS - 35.7 PERCENT OF THE SAMPLE - WERE DISPOSED OF WITHOUT THE ISSUES OF THEIR CASES BEING CONSIDERED BY A JURY.

Abstract

CASES IN WHICH THE JURY WAS BY-PASSED FELL INTO TWO CATEGORIES - THOSE IN WHICH THE DEFENDANTS CHANGED THEIR PLEAS, AND THOSE IN WHICH THE DEFENDANTS WERE ACQUITTED BY JUDICIAL DIRECTION. THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE TWO CATEGORIES WERE EXAMINED.