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Cases in adult criminal court, by province and territory
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| 2006/2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta. | Total all decisions | Guilty | Acquitted | Stay | Other |
| number of cases | |||||
| Total cases | 51,144 | 33,411 | 609 | 16,141 | 983 |
| Total Criminal code | 46,913 | 30,892 | 582 | 14,522 | 917 |
| Criminal Code (without traffic) | 39,208 | 24,685 | 389 | 13,313 | 821 |
| Crimes of violence | 10,910 | 5,329 | 232 | 5,159 | 190 |
| Homicide | 46 | 27 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Attempted murder | 17 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Robbery | 417 | 260 | 6 | 136 | 15 |
| Sexual assault | 281 | 105 | 19 | 144 | 13 |
| Other sexual offences | 163 | 73 | 8 | 78 | 4 |
| Major assaults | 2,388 | 1,217 | 76 | 1,057 | 38 |
| Common assaults | 5,787 | 2,729 | 91 | 2,890 | 77 |
| Uttering threats | 1,367 | 739 | 23 | 582 | 23 |
| Criminal harassment | 171 | 75 | 3 | 84 | 9 |
| Other crimes against persons | 273 | 103 | 5 | 156 | 9 |
| Property crimes | 13,271 | 8,805 | 75 | 4,221 | 170 |
| Theft | 5,391 | 3,760 | 21 | 1,557 | 53 |
| Breaking and entering | 1,214 | 744 | 10 | 439 | 21 |
| Fraud | 2,057 | 1,271 | 12 | 728 | 46 |
| Mischief | 2,194 | 1,367 | 14 | 797 | 16 |
| Possession of stolen goods | 2,349 | 1,627 | 18 | 670 | 34 |
| Other property crimes | 66 | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Administration of justice | 11,046 | 7,814 | 34 | 2,780 | 418 |
| Other Criminal code offences | 3,981 | 2,737 | 48 | 1,153 | 43 |
| Criminal code offences (traffic offences) | 7,705 | 6,207 | 193 | 1,209 | 96 |
| Impaired driving | 6,041 | 4,896 | 181 | 902 | 62 |
| Other Criminal Code traffic offences | 1,664 | 1,311 | 12 | 307 | 34 |
| Other Federal Statute Total | 4,231 | 2,519 | 27 | 1,619 | 66 |
| Drug possession | 2,219 | 1,324 | 8 | 866 | 21 |
| Drug trafficking | 1,333 | 712 | 15 | 565 | 41 |
| Youth Criminal Justice Act | 210 | 148 | 1 | 58 | 3 |
| Residual federal statutes | 469 | 335 | 3 | 130 | 1 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table (for fee) 252-0045 and Catalogue no. 85-002-X. Last modified: 2009-05-13. | |||||
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