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Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Annual Report 1989

NCJ Number
126088
Date Published
1989
Length
13 pages
Annotation
This report highlights the major activities in 1989 of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Abstract
Four new judges were elected to the court, and a new President was named. Various activities of the Family Division, the Criminal Division, the Orphan's Court Division, and the District Courts were described. Juvenile crime continued to increase in the area, and jail overcrowding remained a problem. A Criminal Offense Report illustrating the various types of offenses and their dispositions is included. For the second consecutive year, the Civil Division reduced the average number of months required to dispose of cases once they were ready for trial. 45 tables.

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