From joining the Court through the end of 2019, Justice Liu has participated in 58 criminal sentencing cases. He has voted for defendants’ position in 31 of those cases and against defendants 27 times. From 2011 to 2014, he voted for defendants in 13 of 23 cases. From 2015 to 2019, he voted for defendants 18 times and against *them 17 times.
Eighteen of those cases were won by defendants below. Justice Liu has voted to affirm in eight of those cases and voted to reverse, in whole or in part, ten times. From 2011 to 2014, he voted to affirm only two of eight cases. From 2015 to 2019, he voted to affirm six decisions and to reverse in four cases.
Justice Liu has participated in 40 criminal sentencing cases lost by the defendants at the Court of Appeal. He has voted to reverse, in whole or in part, in 23 of those 40 cases. From 2011 to 2014, he voted to reverse in 11 of 15 cases. From 2015 to 2019, he voted to reverse, in whole or in part, in 12 of these cases and to affirm 13 times.
Join us back here tomorrow as we continue our review of the Justices’ voting records.
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