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Prosecution performance indicator

Table 8: Prosecution indicators for 2019–20

DESCRIPTION

TARGET

OUTCOME

NO. SUCCESSFUL (TOTAL)

Prosecutions resulting in a conviction*

90%

98%

1476 (1513)

Defendants in defended summary hearings resulting in conviction

60%

80%

28 (35)

Defendants in defended committals resulting in a committal order

80%

99%

472 (476)

Defendants tried on indictment and convicted

70%

64%

53 (83)

Prosecution sentence appeals in summary prosecutions upheld

60%

100%

1 (1)

Prosecution sentence appeals in a prosecution on indictment upheld

60%

63%

5 (8)

* The conviction rate is calculated by taking the number of defendants convicted as a percentage of defendants convicted or acquitted. The calculation does not include defendants where the CDPP discontinued the prosecution against them in its entirety or where a prosecution has commenced and the court has issued a warrant to bring the defendant before the court.

Table 9: Prosecution performance indicators for 2017–20

DESCRIPTION

TARGET

2017–18 OUTCOME

2018–19 OUTCOME

2019–20

OUTCOME

Prosecutions resulting in a conviction*

90%

97%

97%

98%

Defendants in defended summary hearings resulting in conviction

60%

81%

69%

80%

Defendants in defended committals resulting in a committal order

80%

99%

98%

99%

Defendants tried on indictment and convicted

60%

59%

72%

64%

Prosecution sentence appeals in summary prosecutions upheld

60%

100%

67%

100%

Prosecution sentence appeals in a prosecution on indictment upheld

60%

56%

50%

63%

* The conviction rate is calculated by taking the number of defendants convicted as a percentage of defendants convicted or acquitted. The calculation does not include defendants where the CDPP discontinued the prosecution against them in its entirety or where a prosecution has commenced and the court has issued a warrant to bring the defendant before the court.