Last week, we reviewed the Districts and Divisions which accounted for the Supreme Court’s civil docket between 1990 and 2019.  This week, we’re looking at the sources of the criminal docket.

Between 1990 and 1994, the Court decided 16 criminal cases from the First District: 5 each from Divisions 4 and 5, 3 from Division 3, 2 from Division 1 and 1 from Division 2. 

The Court also decided 16 cases from the Second District: 5 from Division 5, 4 from Divisions 1 and 7, and 1 each from Divisions 2, 3 and 6.

The Court decided 40 cases from the Fourth District: 15 each from Divisions 1 and 3 and 10 from Division 2.

The Court decided 15 criminal cases from the Sixth District, 14 from the Fifth District and 8 from the Third District.  The Court decided 122 cases on direct review from the trial courts – the vast majority death penalty decisions.  The Court decided 64 cases from the state bar court and 1 from the Commission on Judicial Performance.

Between 1995 and 1999, the Court decided 32 criminal cases from the First District: 10 from Division 3, 6 each from Divisions 2 and 5 and 5 each from Divisions 1 and 4.  The Court decided 45 criminal cases from the Second District.  There were 9 cases from Division 6, 7 from Division 7, 6 each from Divisions 1, 4 and 5, 5 cases from Divisions 2 and 3 and 1 from Division 8.

The Court decided 33 criminal cases from the Fourth District: 13 from Division 3 and 10 each from Divisions 1 and 2.

The Court decided 19 cases from the Sixth District, 12 from the Third District and 7 from the Second District.  Seventy-five direct appeals were decided, plus 3 cases from the state bar court.

Criminal cases from the First District were down slightly from 2000 to 2004, with the Court handing down 30 decisions.  The Court decided 11 cases from Division 4, 7 from Division 5, 5 each from Divisions 2 and 3 and 2 from Division 1.

The Court decided 77 cases from the Second District.  Seventeen cases came from Division 7, 14 each from Divisions 1 and 4, 12 from Division 3, 8 from Division 5, 7 from Division 6 and 5 from Division 2.

The Court decided 55 criminal cases from the Fourth District, a significant increase from the previous five years.  The Court decided 26 cases from Division 1, 19 from Division 3 and 10 from Division 2.

The Court decided 27 criminal cases from the Third District between 2000 and 2004, 18 cases from the Fifth District and 14 from the Sixth District.  The Court decided 91 direct appeals from the trial courts, as usual, the vast majority death penalty appeals.  The Court decided 4 cases from the bar court.

Join us back here tomorrow as we review the years 2005 to 2019.

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