Yesterday, we reviewed the counties which produced the Supreme Court’s civil docket for the years 1994 through 1998.  Today, we’re reviewing the Court’s criminal docket for the same years.

In 1994, the Court decided nine criminal cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided six cases from San Diego, three from Orange, Riverside and Santa Clara counties, and two apiece from Kern, San Bernardino and San Mateo counties.  Finally, the Court decided one case from Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Imperial, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, West Orange and Yuba counties.

In 1995, the Court decided eleven cases which originated in Los Angeles.  The Court decided five cases from Santa Clara and Ventura counties, four from Orange County, three from San Diego and from the State Bar Court and two from Contra Costa, Kern, Riverside and San Francisco counties.  The Court decided one case from Fresno, Sacramento, Santa Cruz, Butte, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Stanislaus and Madera counties, and one case from the Court’s original jurisdiction.

In 1996, the Court decided seven criminal cases from Los Angeles County.  The Court decided five cases from San Diego and four from San Francisco and Santa Clara counties.  The Court decided three cases from Contra Costa and Sacramento counties and two each from Fresno, Kern, Riverside and Merced counties.  Finally, the Court decided one case each from Orange, Santa Cruz, Marin, Stanislaus, Napa and Santa Barbara counties, and one each from the Court’s original jurisdiction and the Council of Judicial Performance.

In 1997, the Court decided thirteen cases which originated in the trial court in Los Angeles.  The Court decided seven cases from Orange County and three apiece from San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.  The Court decided two cases apiece from Riverside, Sacramento and San Diego counties.  The Court decided one case each from Alameda, Contra Costa, Kern, San Bernardino, Santa Cruz, Marin, San Francisco, Madera, Shasta, Tehama and Tuolumne counties, and one case from the Court’s original jurisdiction.

Finally, we report the data for 1998.  The Court decided fourteen criminal cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided four cases from Orange County.  The Court decided three cases from Contra Costa, Riverside and San Diego counties, and two each from Kern, Sacramento, San Bernardino and Santa Barbara counties.  Finally, the Court decided one case apiece from San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Butte, San Francisco, Amador and Tulare counties, and one case from the Court’s original jurisdiction.

Join us back here next Thursday as we turn our attention to the next five years of the Court’s history.

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