Below are a set of Prosecutorial Performance Indicators that provide additional context about cases processed by the State's Attorney's Office (SAO). These indicators - focused on Capacity and Efficiency - help the SAO ensure they maximize government resources by ensuring manageable caseloads, making timely and strategic decisions about cases, and by preventing case processing delays that cause hardship for victims, witnesses and defendants, additional expenditure, and unnecessary backlogs in the court system.
Data on this site are based on the most detailed information available at the time of publication. All data will be regularly updated as more details about cases become available. There are many factors that could affect the results on these Indicators. The data presented here are intended to show general patterns and to highlight areas that might need further investigation. For more details on data and definitions, read our glossary.
High caseloads limit the time and attention prosecutors can give to each case, which may affect the quality and speed of case processing.
This charts below show the number of cases filed each quarter and each year in Circuit Court and District Court.
This indicator helps determine whether the office’s time and resources are addressing cases with the greatest public safety returns.
This chart shows the percent of cases filed with a felony offense as any charge.
Lengthy court cases cause hardship for victims and defendants, require unnecessary expenditures, and add to system backlogs. The timeliness of the case is influenced by the SA’s Office as well as the defense and the presiding judge.
This chart shows the number of days from felony or misdemeanor case filing to resolution.
The timeliness of the case is influenced by the SA’s Office as well as the defense and the presiding judge.
This chart shows the percent of cases that are resolved within the ABA time standards (felonies within 120 days).