Last week we looked at the frequently heard claim that getting Supreme Court review of an unpublished decision of the Court of Appeal is a hopeless task. This week, we’re looking at a similar bit of conventional wisdom – the Supreme Court doesn’t review unanimous decisions from the Court of Appeal.
In the table below,
Today, we’re concluding our survey of the originating trial courts for the Supreme Court’s criminal cases from the Sixth District, looking at the numbers for the years 2005 to 2019.
In 2005, the Court decided two criminal cases from Santa Clara county. In 2006, there were four Santa Clara cases and one each from San
Last week, we reviewed the data on which counties accounted for the Sixth District’s civil cases decided by the Supreme Court since 1990. This week, we’re looking at the criminal cases.
In 1990, the Court decided one criminal case each from Santa Clara and Monterey counties. In 1991 and 1992, the Court decided three cases
In 2000, the Supreme Court decided three civil cases from Santa Clara county and one from Monterey. The Court decided two cases from Santa Clara in 2002 and three in 2003, and one case from Santa Cruz in 2004.
In 2010, the Court decided five cases from Santa Clara county and one from Monterey. The
This week and next, we’re concluding our trip through the data for the counties of California’s six Court of Appeal districts with the civil and criminal cases from the Sixth District. The Sixth encompasses only four counties: Santa Clara (by far the biggest), San Benito, Santa Cruz and Monterey. Civil cases from the Sixth District
This time, we’re reviewing the most recent data for which trial courts accounted for the Supreme Court’s criminal cases from the Fifth District.
In 2005, the Court decided three cases from Kern county and one each from Fresno, Merced, Tulare and Tuolumne counties. In 2006, the Court decided two cases from Kern and one from
This time, we’re reviewing the data on the trial courts which produced the Supreme Court’s criminal cases from the Fifth District.
In 1990, the Court decided only one Fifth District criminal case, which originated in Fresno county. In 1991, the Court decided three cases from Tulare county and one each from Merced and Stanislaus county.
In recent years, Fifth District civil cases have continued to be relatively uncommon on the Court’s docket. In 2005, the Court decided two cases from Fresno and one each from Kern and Stanislaus counties. In 2006, the Court decided one case from Kern county and one from Tulare. In 2007, the Court decided one case
For the past two weeks, we’ve been reviewing the data on which county Superior Courts originated the Supreme Court’s civil and criminal decisions from the Fourth District. Next up: the Fifth District.
The Court decided no Fifth District civil cases in 1990. In 1991, the Court decided one case each from Fresno and Kern counties.
Today, we’re reviewing the data on the county of origin for the Supreme Court’s Fourth District criminal cases from 2005 to 2019.
In 2005, the Court decided four criminal cases which originated in Orange county, two from San Diego and one from Riverside. In 2006, there was one case from Orange and one from San