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Published in final edited form as: William Mary Law Rev. 2014 Apr;55(4):1365–1427.

Table 8.

The Probability of Conviction Conditional on a Not Guilty Plea

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Black Male 0.97
[0.93, 1.02]
0.95
[0.90, 1.00]
0.97
[0.92, 1.02]
0.95
[0.90, 1.00]
Hispanic Male 1.25
[1.16, 1.34]
1.21
[1.13, 1.30]
1.17
[1.09, 1.26]
1.10
[1.02, 1.18]
White Female 1.01
[0.96, 1.06]
1.00
[0.94, 1.05]
0.99
[0.93, 1.04]
1.01
[0.84, 1.22]
Felony DWI 4.77
[2.53, 9.01]
4.85
[2.55, 9.20]
Prior DWI 1.26
[1.15, 1.29]
Pro Se 1.08
[1.02, 1.15]
1.06
[0.99, 1.12]
1.15
[1.08, 1.22]
Court-Appointed
Attorney
1.70
[1.60, 1.81]
1.77
[1.66, 1.88]
1.73
[1.62, 1.84]
Public Defender 1.10
[1.01, 1.19]
1.14
[1.05, 1.24]
1.22
[1.12, 1.32]
Bail/Bond Category 1 0.58
[0.55, 0.61]
0.55
[0.52, 0.58]
Bail/Bond Category 2 1.02
[0.93, 1.12]
1.00
[0.91, 1.10]
Bail/Bond Category 3 0.73
[0.69, 0.76]
0.72
[0.68, 0.76]
Median HH Income
($100,000s)
0.82
[0.70, 0.97]
Expensive Home Index 0.97
[0.95, 0.98]
Share with under 12
years schooling
1.39
[1.13, 1.70]
Concurrent Violations? N N N Y
N 51,676 51,676 51,676 51,676

Source: ACIS.

Notes: The dependent variable in all regressions takes the value 1 if the defendant was convicted following a not guilty plea and 0 otherwise. All estimates are odds ratios based on a logit regression. Estimates are reported with 95% confidence intervals in brackets, and estimates significant at the 5 percent level are highlighted in bold. For variables that are included in the regressions but not shown, see the note to Table 3.