Legal Aid, Courtworker, and Public Legal Education and Information Needs in the Yukon Territory: Final Report

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Table 14
Plea in Justice of the Peace Courts
  1999 2000 2001
Plea Plea Plea
Guilty Not Guilty Total Guilty Not Guilty Total Guilty Not Guilty Total
Number % Number %   Number % Number %   Number % Number %  
Whitehorse 1845 92% 161 8% 2006 4516 88% 210 12% 1726 1082 90% 115 10% 1197
Other Communities 486 96% 18 4% 504 418 95% 23 5% 441 269 92% 23 8% 292
Total Charges 2331 93% 179 7% 2510 1934 89% 233 11% 2167 1351 91% 138 9% 1489

Notes:

  1. Source: adapted from Court Services data, Department of Justice, YTG.
  2. These data only include charges for which a plea was recorded. Plea was not recorded in the criminal information system in 33 percent to 47 percent of charges in the years presented in this table.