Since joining the Court, Justice Corrigan has participated in 107 criminal procedure cases.  She has voted for defendants in 31 cases and against defendants in 76 cases.  From 2006 to 2009, she voted for defendants in six cases and against them 29 times.  From 2010 to 2014, she voted for defendants 12 times and against them in 31 cases.  From 2015 to 2019, she voted for defendants 13 times and against them in 16 cases.

Forty-two of these cases were won by defendants below.  Justice Corrigan has voted to affirm eight of these decisions and to reverse, in whole or in part, 34 times.  From 2006 to 2009, she voted to affirm only twice and to reverse 15 times.  From 2010 to 2014, she voted to affirm in six cases and to reverse 13 times.  From 2015 to 2019, Justice Corrigan has voted to reverse, in whole or in part, in all six criminal procedure cases.

Sixty-six of these cases were lost by the defendants below.  Justice Corrigan has voted to reverse in 23 of those cases and to affirm 43 times.  From 2006 to 2009, she voted to reverse four times and to affirm in 14 cases.  From 2010 to 2014, she voted to reverse six times and to affirm 17 times.  From 2015 to 2019, Justice Corrigan voted to reverse, in whole or in part, in 13 cases and to affirm 12 times.

Join us back here next week, when we’ll continue our examination of the Justices’ individual voting records.

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