The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) won 36 convictions from the 95 cases that went to trial last year in the Hugh Court.
In a press statement issued on Friday, the DPP’s Chambers provided an in-depth breakdown of what occurred in the Demerara Assizes, the Berbice Assizes, the Essequibo Assizes, the Court of Appeal and the Full Court for January to December, 2013.
It was stated that a total of 109 cases were disposed of in the High Court last year, the bulk of which were murder cases.
Of these cases, 95 received