This time, we’re concluding our review of the Court of Appeal Districts and Divisions which accounted for the Court’s criminal docket by reviewing the years 2005 to 2019.  Between 2005 and 2009, the Court decided 22 criminal cases from the First District: 7 from Division 2, 4 apiece from Divisions 1, 4 and 5 and 3 from Division 3.

The Court decided 49 cases from the Second District.  There were 10 cases apiece from Divisions 4 and 7, 7 from Divisions 2 and 6, 6 from Division 8, 4 from Divisions 3 and 5 and 1 from Division 1.

The Court decided 34 cases from the Fourth District: 12 from Division 3 and 11 apiece from Divisions 1 and 2.

The Court decided 26 cases from the Third District, 18 cases from the Fifth District, 19 cases from the Sixth District, 1 from the State Bar Court and 132 cases on direct review from the trial courts.

Between 2010 and 2014, criminal cases from the First District fell to 19 – 8 from Division 5, 7 from Division 2, 2 from Division 4 and 1 each from Divisions 1 and 3.

The Court decided 48 cases from the Second District, only one down from the previous five years.  The Court had 10 criminal cases from Division 6, 8 from Division 5, 7 from Divisions 1 and 3, 6 cases from Division 8, 5 from Division 4, 4 from Division 7 and 1 case from Division 2.

The Court’s criminal caseload from the Fourth District was up sharply to 54.  The Court decided 27 criminal cases from Division 1, 14 from Division 2 and 13 from Division 3.

The Court decided 24 cases from the Third District, 13 cases from the Fifth District, 15 from the 6^th, 2 from the State Bar Court, 1 on certified question review from the Ninth Circuit and 129 cases on direct review from the trial courts.

Between 2015 and earlier this month in 2019, the Court had decided 13 criminal cases from the First District – 4 each from Divisions 2 and 3, 2 each from Divisions 1 and 5 and 1 case from Division 4.

The Court has decided 30 cases from the Second District – 7 from Division 5, 6 from Division 8, 5 from Division 6, 4 from Division 3, 3 from Division 4, 2 each from Divisions 1 and 2 and 1 from Division 7.

The Court has decided 46 cases from the Fourth District – 17 from Division 2, 16 from Division 1 and 13 from Division 3.

The Court has decided 12 cases from the Third District, 10 from the Sixth District, 5 cases from the Fifth District and 89 cases on direct review from the trial courts.

Join us back here this coming week as we turn our attention to a new topic.

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