Last week, we reviewed how often public entities appeared as appellant and respondent in civil cases, and how often the public entities prevailed.  This week, we review the Court’s experience in criminal cases.

The Court decided twenty-one criminal cases in 1994 where the State was the appellant.  The Court heard sixteen such cases in 1995, 14 in 1996, 18 in 1997, 11 each in 1998 and 1999, 17 each in 2000 and 2001, 11 in 2002, ten in 2003 and twelve in 2004.

The Court decided eighteen cases involving State appeals in 2005, 16 in 2006, 15 in 2007, 17 in 2008, twelve in 2009 and 18 in 2010.  The Court decided nine cases involving State appeals in 2011, 22 in 2012, 16 in 2013 and 15 in 2014.  The Court decided a dozen cases involving State appeals in 2015 and nine in 2016.

In Table 318, we report the year-by-year data for the State’s appearances as respondent.  The Court decided twenty cases with State respondents in 1994, 29 in 1995, 26 in 1996 and 25 in 1997.  In 1998, the Court decided 33 cases involving State respondents, 30 in 1999 and 38 each in 2000 and 2001.  The totals increased each year after – 42 in 2002, 46 in 2003 and 54 in 2004.

The Court decided 43 cases involving State respondents in 2005, 37 in 2006, 47 in 2007, 49 in 2008 and 48 in 2009.  The Court decided 54 cases involving State respondents in 2010, 42 in 2011, 55 in 2012 and 35 in 2013.  The Court decided 41 cases involving State respondents in 2014, 32 in 2015 and 43 in 2016.

Join us back here tomorrow as we turn our attention to the State’s winning percentages in criminal cases.

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