§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Attorney-General how many cases in 1985 concerning scheduled offences have been referred to the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal; and in how many of these referred cases the original conviction has been quashed and upheld.
§ The Attorney-GeneralRecords kept by the Department of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland of persons who appealed to the Court of Appeal against conviction and/or sentence in respect of convictions of scheduled offences in 1985 show the position to be as follows:
Appeals against conviction Appeals against sentence Withdrawn Dismissed Upheld Withdrawn Dismissed Upheld 1985 Nil 5 1 11 23 29 In one case not enumerated above, on an appeal against conviction, the appeal was upheld in relation to a number of counts and dismissed in relation to the remaining counts.