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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the outcomes
of prosecutions, on a defendant basis, at magistrates’ courts and at the Crown Court.
Cases adjourned for trial, or contested proceedings, comprise convictions after trial
and acquittals or dismissals after trial.</p><p>The table below shows the proportion
of contested proceedings resulting in a conviction after trial, at magistrates’ courts
and at the Crown Court for each of the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Conviction
after Contest Rate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(a) Magistrates' Court
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) Crown Court </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>65.0%</p></td><td><p>56.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>66.3%</p></td><td><p>59.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>64.4%</p></td><td><p>60.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>62.8%</p></td><td><p>60.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>61.0%</p></td><td><p>56.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The
figures in the table above are inclusive of cases where a defendant has entered mixed
guilty and not guilty pleas. These pleas are not acceptable to the Crown and the case
proceeds to trial.</p>
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