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Cases disposed of in adult criminal courts, type of decision, 2005/2006

Total

Guilty¹

Acquitted

Stay/Withdrawn

Other²

number

Offence group

Total offences

373,143

244,572

65.5

13,948

108,819

5,804

Crimes against the person

92,240

48,843

53.0

6,521

35,047

1,829

Crimes against property

91,388

60,983

66.7

1,567

27,506

1,332

Administration of justice

62,149

44,582

71.7

956

15,824

787

Other Criminal Code

30,923

19,896

64.3

1,051

9,333

643

Criminal Code traffic

53,849

42,074

78.1

2,916

8,235

624

Other federal statute

42,594

28,194

66.2

937

12,874

589

1.	" Found guilty" includes guilty of the charged offence, of an included offence, of an attempt of the charged offence, or of an attempt of an included offence. This category also includes cases where an absolute or conditional discharge has been imposed.
2.	" Other decisions" includes final decisions of found not criminally responsible, waived in the province or territory, and waived out of the province or territory. This category also includes any order where a conviction was not recorded, the court's acceptance of a special plea, cases that raise Charter arguments and cases where the accused was found unfit to stand trial.