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Highlights from the 2007 Indiana Judicial Service Report

IJS Executive Summary coverAfter thirty years of featuring court data, the 2007 Indiana Judicial Service Report is the first annual judicial report based entirely on an automated data gathering process.  With the help of the innovative talents of the Division of State Court Administration’s JTAC (Judicial Technology and Automation Committee) staff, trial courts can now prepare all the required reports via the Internet by using the Supreme Court’s InCite portal, which hosts many other applications such as the Indiana Protection Order Registry (POR) and the electronic Citation and Warning System (eCWS).
The speedier and more accurate transmission of information has enabled the Division to produce a more timely annual report, to evaluate the information and to explore trends.  A quick look at the 2007 data reveals several interesting highlights, which are listed below.  Except where otherwise indicated, all figures reflect 2007 data.

1,878,542

cases were filed in 2007, which is a 16.56% increase since 1998

One felony case was filed for every:
  • 90.70 residents in 2007
  • 135 residents in 1990
One misdemeanor case was filed for every:
  • 31.72 residents in 2007
  • 37 residents in 1990
One infraction case was filed for every:
  • 7.44 residents in 2007
  • 14 residents in 1990

209 murder cases filed
852,868 infraction cases filed

$233,069,067

spent by counties on the trial courts

$66,507,730

spent on probation personnel expenses

$15,896,397

total spent by counties on criminal indigent defense

$20,668,055

spent by local units on city, town and Marion County Small Claims courts

$77,753,754

spent by state on trial courts

$242,247,429

costs and fees generated by operation of the courts

  • $21,160,743 generated by probation user fees
  • $18,512,438 generated by prosecutorial diversion and deferral fees

481

judicial officers served in courts of record

82

judges served in city, town and Marion County Small Claims courts

93

additional judicial officers needed in state to handle adequately weighted caseload

80

senior judges serving in Indiana

4,955

worked court employees in courts of record

149,131

people on probation on 12/31/07

2.3%

people on probation based on Indiana’s population of 6,345,289

3,702

families served by family court project courts

11,274

children served by GAL/CASA volunteers

17,767

cases in which court interpreters were used

13

different languages for which court interpreters were needed

367,820

litigants appearing without a lawyer

5,848

cases referred to alternative dispute resolution (ADR)

138,895

cases in which indigent counsel was appointed

1,674

number of jury trials, which is 0.1% of all case dispositions

  • 431 were in civil cases, which is 0.30% of all civil disposition
  • 1,243 were in criminal cases, which is 0.43% of all criminal dispositions

100,196

cases placed on prosecutorial deferral/diversion, which is 8.21% of all criminal case dispositions

$2.25-$7.50

range of cost per page charged by court reporters for transcripts
The report contains a treasure trove of information on state totals as well as detailed data regarding each individual court.  The 2007 and all prior reports are available at courts.IN.gov.