DATA DERIVE FROM STATE STATISTICAL OFFICES. STATISTICS PROVIDED ENCOMPASS COURT DISTRICTS AND THEIR POPULATIONS AT THE END OF 1978; COURT PERSONNEL OF DISTRICT, STATE, AND HIGHER STATE COURTS; CRIMINAL OFFENSES TRIED BEFORE DISTRICT COURTS BY HIGHER STATE COURT DISTRICT AND STATE; CRIMINAL MATTERS WITH THE STATE COURT AS THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE BY HIGHER STATE COURT DISTRICT AND STATE; CRIMINAL CASES IN APPEALS COURT BY HIGHER STATE COURT DISTRICT AND STATE; AND CRIMINAL MATTERS TRIED WITH HIGHER STATE COURTS AS THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE BY HIGHER STATE COURT DISTRICT AND STATE. ALSO COVERED ARE MODIFICATIONS OF VERDICTS IN CRIMINAL CASES, LEGAL OBJECTIONS RELATING TO FINES, AND OTHER MATTERS BEFORE THE HIGHER STATE COURTS BY HIGHER STATE COURT DISTRICT AND STATE, AS WELL AS AN OVERVIEW OF THE CASES BEFORE THE CRIMINAL COUNCIL OF THE HIGHER STATE COURTS IN 1978. THE REPORT CONSIST OF EXTENSIVE TABULAR MATERIAL. --IN GERMAN. (KMD)