2005 Statistical Highlights

2005 Statistical Highlights

Office-wide

As in each of the past 16 years, in 2005 the Bronx District Attorney’s Office obtained a higher percentage of felony convictions resulting in state prison sentences than the statewide average.

Appeals Bureau

Defendants convicted of felonies won only seven of 179 cases (less than 4%) brought to challenge their convictions.
In appeals brought to New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, convictions were affirmed in nine out of 10 cases.

Asset Forfeiture Unit

Subjected $276,208 in assets to forfeiture under New York State C.P.L.R. Article 13-A in 2005. The Office shared the money with various authorized recipients including the New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), the City of New York and the NYPD.
Also subjected $1,049,355 in assets to forfeiture under federal law; money was shared with federal authorities and the NYPD.
In 2005, this Office provided OASAS with $88,362 for drug treatment and other rehabilitative services pursuant to law under section 13-A.

Crime Victims Assistance Unit

Provided initial services to 1,632 victims, witnesses and their families.
Major services provided by the unit include information and referrals (36%); supportive counseling (25%); personal advocacy (12%); crisis counseling (7%); Crime Victims Board applications and affidavits (7%); emergency assistance (5%); criminal justice advocacy (4%); relocation (2%); transportation (1%); therapy (1%); and court accompaniment (1%).
Services were provided to victims and witnesses in robbery or assault cases (37%); in homicide cases (9%); in cases of sex crimes involving children (19%) and adults (6%); in domestic violence cases (10%); in child or elder abuse cases (8%); and in cases involving other crimes (12%).

Criminal Court Bureau

Achieved a 98% misdemeanor conviction rate in the 967 disposed DWI cases in 2005.
Bronx Community Dispute Resolution Center (CDRC) cases represent 98% of the City’s CDRC cases selected by District Attorneys to be prosecuted in Criminal Court. All of the selected cases in the Bronx involved domestic violence.

Detective Investigators

Investigated 140 allegations of child abuse and made arrests in 17 of the cases.
Conducted 389 investigations involving location of missing, reluctant or additional witnesses.
Extradited 73 defendants.
Transported defendants in 297 cases.
Performed 1,019 criminal history background checks (NYSPIN).

Detective Squad

Investigations Division

Narcotics Bureau

Responsible for 45% of the Office’s felony prosecutions.
Sent 917 defendants to prison for felony drug charges, more than any other county in the state.
70% of defendants prosecuted for crimes involving controlled substances received either a state prison or jail sentence (55% and 15%, respectively).
97% of defendants prosecuted for school case crimes pleaded guilty or were convicted after trial.
The Bronx Treatment Court processed 151 defendants.
In 2005, 949 offenders were placed in alternative-to-incarceration drug treatment programs (a 42% increase over 2004).
The bureau’s Narcotics Eviction Unit closed 169 drug locations.

Recruitment Unit

Reviewed the applications of approximately 1,000 candidates from 96 law schools in 2005 for the Class of 2006.
28 of the 54 assistant district attorneys hired in 2005 for the Class of 2006 were women, bringing the Office’s percentage of female attorneys to 57%.
By the end of 2005, there were 133 Bronx assistant district attorneys, or 34% of the legal staff, who were members of a minority group.
As of the end of 2005, 69% of the legal staff were women or members of a minority group.