Legal Outcomes for QSR Program Cases
24
QUEENS B & D FELONY QSR PROGRAM DRUG CASES Successful
Case Outcome or Last Status
Unsuccessful
Other Termination
Total Client Cases
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
CONVICT
284
88.5%
24
96.0%
7
87.5%
315
89.0%
ACD
30
9.3%
0
-
1
12.5%
31
8.8%
DISMISS/ACQ
7
2.2%
1
4.0%
0
-
8
2.2%
Adjudicated
321
100.0%
25
100.0%
8
100.0%
354
100.0%
NOT YET DISPOSED
1
-
6
-
0
-
7
-
OTHER Outcomes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Subtotal Other
1
(0.3%)
6
(19.4%)
0
(0.0%)
7
(1.9%)
322
100.0%
31
100.0%
8
100.0%
361
100.0%
Total
Among baseline drug cases, cases of never-released defendants averaged the shortest time from Criminal Court arraignment to an adjudicated outcome court appearance, 67.7 days. In comparison, the average time for cases of arraignment released defendants was about twice as long, 132.4 days, and longer still in cases with pretrial post-arraignment releases, 160.8 days. The average case processing time for program drug cases, 126.8 days, was only several days longer than for baseline cases. Court processing times for successful program clients, 118.9 days was slightly shorter than for the baseline cases of defendants released at arraignment. Program clients in the unsuccessful and other termination exit categories had the longest mean and median times from arraignment to the first adjudicated court appearance, but these averages are computed on very small numbers of cases. CASE PROCESSING TIMES (in days) FROM CRIMINAL COURT ARRAIGNMENT TO FIRST ADJUDICATED COURT APPEARANCE FOR B & D FELONY DRUG CASES BASELINE ADJUDICATED CASES
mean
median
Number of Cases
Never Released
67.7
49.0
302
Pretrial Post-arraignment Release
160.8
122.0
313
Released at Arraignment
132.4
100.0
315
All Adjudicated Drug Baseline Cases
121.0
88.0
930
PROGRAM EXITED CASES
mean
median
Number of Cases
Successful
118.9
98.0
321
Unsuccessful
208.8
166.0
25
Other Termination
187.9
165.0
8
All Exited B &D Felony Drug Cases
126.8
104.5
354