For the past few weeks, we’ve been reviewing detailed lag time data for criminal (and civil cases). Now, we’re dividing death penalty and non-death criminal cases. First up, the average lag time from the date the non-death petition to review is granted to issuance of the order appointing appellate counsel.

In 1990, the average lag time was 44 days. In 1991, it was 35.33. The average jumped to 60.82 days in 1992, but then fell back to close to trend: 49.95 in 1993, 49.16 days in 1994, 49.05 in 1995, 44.25 in 1996, 55.79 in 1997, 54.24 in 1998 and 39.08 days in 1999.

In 2000, the average lag time was 43.77 days. It rose a bit to 48.55 in 2001. Average lag time was 35.3 in 2002, 44.76 in 2003, 31.18 in 2004, 21.54 in 2005, 26.12 in 2006, only 17.92 in 2007, 38.72 in 2008 and 25.3 days in 2009.

The average wait from the granting of the petition for review to the order appointing counsel remained low from 2010 to 2019. The average was 24.39 days in 2010, 22.47 in 2011, 25.98 in 2012, 25.15 in 2013, 24.59 in 2014, 28.39 in 2015, 40.44 in 2016, 27.21 in 2017, 41.06 in 2018 and 29.73 days in 2019.

Join us back here tomorrow as we review another milestone in non-death cases.

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