Written Question · S2W-24503 · Session 2
How many cases referred to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission have resulted in a convicted person having their conviction overtu…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases referred to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission have resulted in a convicted person having their conviction overturned.
The answer
The Scottish Criminal Cases ReviewCommission (SCCRC) was established by statute on 1 April 1999. The following tableprovides information on all applications received by the SCCRC since its establishmentuntil 31 March 2006 for review of convictions and sentence and the outcomeof these applications.
Applications received
| 783
Concluded
| 696
Cases referred
| 57
of which conviction
| 34
of which sentence
| 23
Determined by High Court
| 36
of which successful appeal
| 23
of which conviction
| 14
of which sentence
| 9
of which unsuccessful
| 10
of which abandoned
| 3
Details of these successful convictionand sentence cases, including in some cases the texts of the written judgements,can be found on the Commission’s website:
http://www.sccrc.org.uk/referred-cases/index.htm.
Applications received
| 783
Concluded
| 696
Cases referred
| 57
of which conviction
| 34
of which sentence
| 23
Determined by High Court
| 36
of which successful appeal
| 23
of which conviction
| 14
of which sentence
| 9
of which unsuccessful
| 10
of which abandoned
| 3
Details of these successful convictionand sentence cases, including in some cases the texts of the written judgements,can be found on the Commission’s website:
http://www.sccrc.org.uk/referred-cases/index.htm.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-24503 by reference.