Today, we’re reviewing the data on the county of origin for the Supreme Court’s Fourth District criminal cases from 2005 to 2019.

In 2005, the Court decided four criminal cases which originated in Orange county, two from San Diego and one from Riverside.  In 2006, there was one case from Orange and one from San Bernardino.  In 2007, the Court decided four cases each from Riverside and San Diego, three from Orange county and one from San Bernardino.  In 2008, the Court decided four cases from Orange county and two each from Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego.  In 2009, the Court decided two cases from San Diego and one each from Imperial county and San Bernardino.

In 2010, the Court decided seven criminal cases from San Diego, four from Riverside and two each from Orange and San Bernardino.  In 2011, there were three cases each from Riverside and San Diego counties, two from Orange and one from San Bernardino.  In 2012, the Court decided four cases from San Diego and three each from Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.  The following year, the Court decided three cases from Orange county, three from San Diego, and two each from Riverside and San Bernardino.  In 2014, the Court decided two cases from Orange county, two from Riverside, and one each from Imperial, San Bernardino and San Diego counties.

In 2015, the Court decided four cases from San Diego county, three from Orange, two from San Bernardino and one from Riverside.  The following year, the Court decided six cases from Orange county, four from San Diego and one from Riverside.  In 2017, the Court decided five cases from Riverside, four from San Bernardino, three from San Diego, and one each from Imperial and Orange counties.  In 2018, the Court decided three cases from Riverside county, two from San Diego and one from Orange.  To date this year, the Court has decided three cases from San Bernardino, two from Riverside and one from San Diego.

Although San Diego county had only slightly greater population in the 2010 census than Orange county (29.45% of the Fourth District to 28.07%), San Diego is the leading producer of both civil and criminal cases to the Supreme Court.  San Diego county has accounted for 34.09% of the criminal caseload, while Orange county has contributed 31.44%.  Riverside county, which accounts for 21.59% of the population, has produced 18.56% of the criminal cases.  San Bernardino, which is 19.13% of the Fourth District’s population, has produced only 14.02% of the criminal cases.  Finally, Imperial county, which is 1.6% of the Fourth District’s 2010 population, has accounted for only 1.89% of the Fourth District caseload.  Inyo county, which is 0.16% of the District’s population, has not produced any criminal cases which reached the Supreme Court.

Join us back here next week as we turn our attention to the Fifth District’s data.

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