Failure to Appear in Lee County

Failure to Appear cases in Lee County are dismissed at a higher rate than the Virginia statewide average, with 57.2% of cases dismissed compared to 56% statewide. This 1.2 percentage point difference suggests Lee County courts handle these cases slightly more favorably for dismissal, though the conviction rate of 42.4% remains substantial. The outcomes reflect how courts treat failure to appear charges across Virginia—a charge where dismissal is common but conviction still occurs in a significant portion of cases. Lee County's results fall within the expected range for this charge type statewide.

The median case lasts 97 days from filing to resolution, with half of cases concluding between 45 and 191 days. Most defendants resolve their cases through guilty pleas (42% plea rate), while those convicted face a median sentence of 10 days alongside a standard $100 fine. The gap between median ($10) and average sentence ($359) indicates that while most convicted defendants receive minimal incarceration, a smaller number receive substantially longer sentences, pulling the average upward.