Last time, we reviewed the distribution of the First District’s criminal cases at the Supreme Court among the First’s counties between 1990 and 2004.  This time, we’re reviewing the data for the years 2005 to 2019.

In 2005, the Supreme Court decided one criminal case each from Alameda, Marin and San Mateo counties.  In 2006, the Court decided two cases each from Contra Costa, San Francisco and Solano counties and one from San Mateo.  The following year, the Court decided two cases from Alameda and one each from San Francisco and Solano.  In 2008, the Court decided one case each from Contra Costa, Lake and San Mateo counties.  In 2009, the Court decided two cases each from Alameda and Contra Costa.

In 2010, the Court decided one case each from Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Solano and Sonoma counties.  In 2011, the Court decided two cases from Contra Costa.  In 2012, the Court decided two cases from Alameda, two from Sonoma and one each from San Francisco, San Mateo and Solano counties.  In 2013, the Court decided one case from San Francisco.  In 2014, the Court decided one case each from Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo counties.

The Court decided two criminal cases from Contra Costa county in 2015 and one each from Alameda, San Francisco and Sonoma.  In 2016, the Court decided one case from Contra Costa.  The following year, the Court decided one case each from Contra Costa and Solano counties.  In 2018, the Court decided three cases from Alameda and one each from Contra Costa and San Francisco counties.  The Court has decided no criminal cases from the First District so far in 2019.

For the most part, each county’s overall share of the criminal cases from the First District was at least relatively close to that county’s share of the First District’s population.  Contra Costa accounted for 23.85% of the caseload and 18.45% of the population.  Alameda county accounted for 16.15% of the cases and 26.57% of the population.  San Francisco county produced 15.38% of the cases and 14.16% of the population.  San Mateo county produced 10% of the cases and accounted for 12.64% of the population.  Solano county produced 8.46% of the cases and 7.27% of the population.  Marin county accounted for 7.69% of the cases, but only 4.44% of the population.  Sonoma county produced 6.92% of the cases and 8.51% of the population.  Lake county produced 4.62% of the cases but only 1.14% of the population.  Mendocino county accounted for 3.85% of the cases but only 1.55% of the population.  Humboldt county was 2.31% of the caseload and 2.37% of the population.  Criminal cases from Napa county were quite rare – only 0.77% of the cases.  Napa is 2.4% of the population.  The Court decided no criminal cases from Del Norte county, and is only 0.5% of the total District population.

Join us later this week as we turn our attention to the Court’s Second District cases.

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