Disposition Types

"Disposition" is defined by the FBI as "an action regarded by the criminal justice system to be the final result of a committed offense." While the most common disposition are court findings (e.g., guilty plea and placed on probation, acquitted, etc.), a disposition can also indicate that law enforcement elected not to refer an arrest charge for prosecution or that the prosecutor amended or dropped an arrest charge. The following table provides a list of common disposition types.

Dispositions:

		Acquittal				Found insane
		Acquittal by reason of insanity				Found mentally competent
		Acquittal by reason of mental incompetence				Guilty plea
		Adjudication withheld				Incompetence
		Case continued without finding				Mistrial-defendant discharged
		Charge dismissed				No contest plea
		Charge dismissed due to to insanity				Nolle prosequi
		Charge dismissed due to mental incompetency				No paper
		Charge still pending due to insanity				Nolo contendere plea
		Charge still pending due to mental				Pardoned
		Convicted				Probation before conviction
		Deceased				Placed on probation
		Deferred disposition				Paroled or released from supervision
		Dismissed-civil action				Sentence commuted
		Executive clemency				Youthful offender determination