In brief
There has been a rise in both appeals against conviction and sentence in the past year, the latest annual review of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) reveals. The review, which coincides with the criminal appeal court’s 100th birthday, shows that despite this rise, the average waiting time for conviction appeals was reduced to 10.9 months, and for sentence appeals it is down to 4.2 months—below the court’s five-month target. Appeals against conviction rose from 1,530 in 2005–06 to 1,598 in 2006–07, while appeals against sentence rose from 4,914 to 5,176 in the same period.
