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Kirk Jenkins brings a wealth of experience to his appellate practice, which focuses on antitrust and constitutional law, as well as products liability, RICO, price fixing, information sharing among competitors and class certification. In addition to handling appeals, he also regularly works with trial teams to ensure that important issues are properly presented and preserved for appellate review.  Mr. Jenkins is a pioneer in the application of data analytics to appellate decision-making and writes two analytics blogs, the California Supreme Court Review and the Illinois Supreme Court Review, as well as regularly writing for various legal publications.

Justice Cuellar participated in 35 criminal sentencing cases between joining the Court in 2015 and the end of 2019.  He has supported defendants’ position in 18 of those cases and voted against defendants 17 times.

Ten of those cases were won by the defendants at the Court of Appeal.  Justice Cuellar has voted to affirm

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

Justice Corrigan has participated in 96 criminal sentencing cases since joining the Court, supporting defendants in 36 cases and voting against defendants 60 times.  From 2006 to 2009, she voted for defendants in seven of 24 cases.  From 2010 to 2014, she voted for defendants in 14 cases and against them 23 times.  From 2015

Justice Chin has participated in 163 criminal sentencing cases since taking his seat.  He has voted for defendants’ position in 51 of those cases and against them 112 times.  From 1996 to 1999, he voted for defendants 12 times and against them in 14 cases.  From 2000 to 2004, he voted for defendants five times

Between 2000 and 2009, the Supreme Court decided 65 criminal sentencing cases.  The Court decided for defendants in only 12 of those cases, deciding against them 53 times.  Between 2000 and 2004, criminal defendants won five of 37 cases.  Between 2005 and 2009, criminal defendants won seven cases and lost 21 cases.

Twenty-seven of these