Legal Aid Research Series Court Side Study of Adult Unrepresented Accused in the Provincial Criminal Courts Part 1: Overview Report


Figure 5.5 Disposed Cases: Percentage of Accused Convicted (on at least one charge) by Type of Representation at Last Appearance by Site
Representation at Last Appearance St. John’s Halifax Bathurst Sherbrooke Scarborough Brandon Edmonton Regina Kelowna
Self-represented 87 60 96 92 50 25 – 433 53 70 71
Duty Counsel 85 92 96 n/a 52 60 –
642,3		 79 702 78
Private Counsel (including legal aid staff, agent or paralegal for private counsel) 80 631
/62		 94 90 55 70 – 633 58 702
/ 62		 70

Note

  • * Because of missing data, it is not possible to specify this value more precisely.
  • 1. Legal aid staff (other than duty counsel).
  • 2. Regina and Manitoba data do not distinguish between duty counsel and legal aid staff acting in another capacity. Percentage shown includes both.
  • 3. For Brandon the first estimate is from the Direct court Observation file (for docket courts) and the second estimate is based on data from the Three-Month Docket Sample.  Both are based on case/appearances.
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