Richmond County District Attorney's Office - Press Release for April 11, 2007

THE RESULTS ARE IN: STATEN ISLAND PROSECUTORS LEAD CITY IN FELONY CONVICTIONS FOR 3rd CONSECUTIVE YEAR

***D.A. Donovan Announces 94.9% Felony Conviction Rate in 2006, Staten Island DA’s Office has Led City for 16 Straight Quarters***

STATEN ISLAND, NY – Richmond County District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. today announced that, according to newly released statistics, his office lead the entire City of New York with the highest conviction rate for Felony Indictments in 2006. The Staten Island D.A.’s office has now led the City of New York in felony conviction rate for each of the three years of District Attorney Donovan’s Administration.

“I am pleased to announce to the people of this community that their District Attorney’s office has again lead the entire City of New York in obtaining convictions in indicted felony cases,” stated the District Attorney. “On my watch, the people of this community can rest assured that we are fighting on their behalf to see that dangerous criminals are being convicted of serious crimes and facing substantial jail time.”

According to statistics provided by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), the Richmond County District Attorney’s office led the entire City of New York, including the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, with a 94.9% conviction rate for indicted felony cases disposed of in the year 2006. Out of 604 cases disposed of in 2006, 573 resulted in a conviction. This was significantly ahead of the citywide rate of 88.3%.

Prior to District Attorney Donovan’s assuming office, in calendar year 2003, the Richmond County District Attorney’s conviction rate ranked fourth in the city. For calendar year 2002, the District Attorney’s office ranked fifth in the city. In 2001, the Island DA’s office had the worst conviction rate for indicted cases in the city.

Richmond County District Attorney’s Rank in Modified Felony Conviction Rate, 2001-2006

CALENDAR YEAR	RANK (out of 6)	Conviction Rate (as a %)
2006	FIRST	94.9%
2005	FIRST	94.0%
2004	FIRST	94.8%
2003	FOURTH	90.1%
2002	FIFTH	86.2%
2001	SIXTH	87.4%

Source: DCJS Data (Years in Red Indicate Donovan Administration)

2006 Modified Conviction Rates for Felony Indictments

	Total Disposed	Convicted	Not Convicted
RICHMOND COUNTY	604	573	31
	100%	94.9%	5.1%
QUEENS COUNTY	4661	4286	375
	100%	92.0%	8.0%
NEW YORK COUNTY	5326	4827	499
	100%	90.6%	9.4%
BRONX COUNTY	4688	4074	614
	100%	86.9%	13.1%
KINGS COUNTY	5261	4554	707
	100%	86.6%	13.4%
SPECIAL NARCOTICS	2288	1851	437
	100%	82.7%	17.3%
NYC TOTAL	22828	20165	2663
NYC AVERAGES	100%	88.3%	11.7%

Source: DCJS, ISS (4/2007)

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