High Court Criminal Trials Held - for the 12 months ending 31 December 2014

High Court Jury trial held
Auckland 47
Blenheim 0
Christchurch 6
Dunedin 1
Gisborne 1
Greymouth 0
Hamilton 8
Invercargill 2
Napier 6
Nelson 4
New Plymouth 3
Palmerston North 5
Rotorua 16
Timaru 2
Wanganui 0
Wellington 7
Whangarei 6
National total 114

Definitions

Total active cases - all cases awaiting substantive hearing or awaiting sentencing, final judgment or final outcome

Jury trial held

Trials ‘held’ include cases where the jury delivered a verdict on all charges put to it, cases where the jury was unable to agree on one or more charges, cases where a mistrial was declared, and cases determined by guilty plea and/or dismissal either during the trial or on the morning a trial was scheduled to begin.

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Substantive hearing: refer to jury trial/defended hearing for criminal jurisdiction, short/simplified/full trial/substantive hearing for civil jurisdiction, short / long cause hearing for family jurisdiction in general.