COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PA
Criminal Court Caseload
  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Criminal Court Cases Pending 1063 969 1044 1170 1116* 1273 1528 1691 1736 1432 ** **
New Criminal Cases Filed 2499 2719 3002 2729 3249* 3282 3618 3813 3792 4098 4222 4519
Cases Reopened 627 611 502 601 327 309 259 273 103 592 ** **
Total Cases Available 4189 4299 4548 4500 4692* 4864 5405 5777 5631 6122 ** **
Criminal Cases Disposed 3220 3285 3378 3462 3356* 3336 3712 4041 4199 4858 3579 4143
Remaining Cases Pending 969 1014 1170 1038 1336* 1528 1693 1736 1432 1764 ** **
Cases Awaiting Sentencing 81 81 75 11 16* 25 12 26 25 ** ** **
Cases Withdrawn or Dismissed 467 327 332 284 349* 233 347 300 288 183 188 203
Rule 1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
ARD 646 720 731 622 858* 976 895 1143 1159 976 1192 1341
Guilty Plea 1753 1611 1806 1733 1873* 1831 1900 2364 2503 2323 2352 2558
Non-Jury Trial 13 19 20 13 7* 6 8 11 8 10 6 6
Jury Trial 31 38 43 55 45 34 24 34 51 43 26 35
Inactive Cases 211 469 363 660 201 254 212 188 175 429 ** **
Other 99 101 83 95 23* 2 0 0 16 7 ** **

*Previous years' figures have been changed to comport with auited AOPC records.

**This figure is no longer available

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