Yesterday, we reviewed in detail the Court’s domestic relations decisions since 1991.  Today, we’re on the criminal law side of the docket, looking at the Court’s juvenile justice decisions.

Overall, 56.94% of the Court’s juvenile justice decisions were won by the State below.  The reversal rate was almost identical, regardless of who won below – 48.78% for State wins at the Court of Appeal, 48.39% for juvenile wins.

The Court affirmed three State wins in 1994, one per year in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2002, three in 2003, one in 2004 and 2007, two in 2008, four in 2009 and one in 2011 and 2017.

The Court reversed one State win in 1992 and 1993, two in 1994, one in 1995, two in 2002, one in 2003, three in 2004, two in 2006, and one in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2017.

The Court affirmed one juvenile win in 1993 and 1996, two in 1997, one in 2000, 2003, 2005, two in 2007, one in 2009 and 2011, two in 2012 and 2014 and one in 2017.

The Court reversed one juvenile win in 1992 and 1993, two in 1994 and 1997, one in 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2011, two in 2012, one in 2014 and two in 2016.

Overall, the Court reversed in 50.68% of its juvenile justice cases.  Between 1991 and 1995, the Court reversed in 69.23% of its juvenile justice cases.  The Court reversed only 27.27% of the time from 1996 to 2000.  From 2001 to 2005, the Court reversed in 53.33% of its cases.  Between 2006 and 2010, the Court reversed 43.75% of its juvenile justice cases.  Since 2011, the Court has reversed 55.56% of the time.

Join us back here next Thursday as we take up two new areas of law.

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