Last week, we completed our analysis of the reversal rates of each District and Division of the Court of Appeal. Today, we begin our analysis of a related question: which Districts and Divisions have averaged the most votes to affirm the Court of Appeal’s decision each year? Obviously, there’s a big difference between Districts which
Today, we complete our two-week review of the reversal rates of the Districts and Divisions of the Courts of Appeal in civil and criminal cases between 2000 and 2015.
The Court has heard only two criminal cases from Division One of the First District between 2008 and 2015. Both were affirmed. Division Two of the
Last week, we began reviewing the reversal rate of each District (and Division) of the Courts of Appeal in civil and criminal cases. We began with the years 2000 through 2007. This week, we analyze the data for the years 2008 through 2015.
Division One of the First District has fared quite well for the
Yesterday, we addressed the District-by-District three-year floating reversal rates in civil cases in the Courts of Appeal from 2002 through 2007. Today we turn our attention to the performance of the Courts of Appeal in criminal cases.
Division Two of the First District improved its performance consistently through these years – from one-quarter affirmance in
Last week, we finished reviewing the voting patterns of the California Supreme Court in automatic death penalty appeals – how often was the Court’s decision unanimous, and how often did the Court have zero and one dissenter? This week, we turn to the District-by-District reversal rates of the Courts of Appeal.
Because the districts of
Yesterday, we continued our examination of the Court’s voting patterns, dividing the Court’s unanimity rate among the automatic death penalty appeals and the criminal non-death cases, and asking how often in the death penalty and “everything else” dockets the Court’s decision was lopsided – meaning either unanimous or one dissenter. Today, we turn our attention
For the past few weeks, we’ve been looking further at the Court’s unanimity rate, dividing the Court’s docket into closely divided (2-3 dissenters) and lopsided decisions. This week, we’ll take a closer look at the Court’s criminal docket, dividing the Court’s decisions into the automatic death penalty appeals and criminal non-death decisions – in other
Yesterday, we addressed trends in the California Supreme Court’s special concurrences in civil cases between 2000 and 2015. Today, we turn to the Court’s special concurrences in criminal cases for the same years.
Between 2000 and 2007, the Court’s unanimity rate was typically between sixty and seventy percent. The unanimity rate was up sharply in
Last week, we began analyzing how often the California Supreme Court is closely divided in civil and criminal cases with a look at the years 2000 through 2007. This week, we’ll address the years 2008 through 2015.
Between 2000 and 2006, the California Supreme Court typically decided between sixty and seventy percent of its cases
Yesterday, we began our analysis of how often the California Supreme Court is closely divided with a look at the civil docket between 2000 and 2007. Today, we turn to the criminal docket for the same years.
For most of the period, the Court’s unanimity rate in criminal cases was anywhere from fifteen to twenty