Colorado's 4th Judicial District Attorneys Office

DATA DASHBOARDS

This data reflects the cases that were filed from January 1, 2018, through current year-to-date filings.


Case Class Types:

CR: These are criminal case filings that involve someone who was charged or arrested for a felony level offense and may include additional misdemeanor charges. There are instances of an individual being arrested on a felony charge, and later downgraded to a misdemeanor; these cases remain a CR class. 

JD: These are cases involving felony and/or misdemeanor allegations against juveniles.

M: These are cases with misdemeanor and/or petty offense charges.

T: These are traffic cases and can include a misdemeanor offense. 


Charge Types:

Felony: Felony 1-6, Drug Felony 1-4,

Misdemeanor: Misdemeanor 1-3, Drug Misdemeanor 1-2, Petty Offense 1-2

Traffic: Traffic Infraction 1, 2, A, and B

This data reflects the cases that went to trial in 2022. 


Trial Type

Jury Trial: A judge determines questions of law and entrusts designated questions of fact to a panel of jurors selected from the community pursuant to the rules of criminal procedure.

Court Trial: In Colorado, a defendant can request a court trial, also called a “bench” trial, instead of a jury trial for most criminal cases. A court trial is held before a judge instead of a jury. The judge, instead of the jury, decides both questions of law and fact, such as whether a defendant is guilty of the offense.


How Trials Are Counted

There are several elements that make up a trial including selecting a jury, opening statements, testimony, closing arguments, jury instruction and jury deliberation/verdict. Once a jury is selected and/or opening statements are made, the court event is counted as a trial. If, for numerous reasons, the trial is declared a mistrial prior to a verdict, the court event still counts as a trial due to the time, effort and resources invested into the trial event. If the defendant accepts a plea offer prior to, or the morning of, trial then the court event does not count as a trial. 

This data reflects the cases that were filed from January 1, 2018, through current year-to-date filings.



Indicator Type

After the decision is made to file a case, specific indicators can be added that represent certain characteristics of the case. 


How Indicators Are Counted

Not all cases will have an indicator; those that do can have one or more indicators for the same case. For example, one case can have an indicator for Drugs and Fentanyl. Each indicator will be counted once for the same case. The indicators displayed are for areas of specific interest for the office and may change over time. 

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