Yesterday, we reviewed the origin of the Court’s criminal docket for the years 2005 through 2010.  Today, we finish the journey – the years 2011 through 2017.

One hundred and one of the 244 criminal, quasi-criminal and disciplinary cases the Court has heard 2011-2017 came from Chicago’s First District – 41.39%.  The Court decided eight cases from Division One in 2016, three in 2011, two in 2013 and one in 2014 and so far in 2017..  The Court decided three cases from Division Two in 2015, two in 2012, 2014 and so far in 2017, and one in 2011, 2013 and 2016.  The Court decided seven cases from Division Three in 2013, four in 2015, three in 2014, two in 2012 and 2017 and one in 2016.  The Court decided three cases from Division Four in 2012, 2013 and 2017, two in 2011 and 2016 and one in 2014.  The Court decided three cases from Division Five in 2013, two in 2015 and one per year in 2011, 2012, 2016 and so far in 2017.  The Court decided three cases from Division Six in 2013 and 2015, two in 2014 and one per year in 2011 and 2012.  Among cases we couldn’t attribute to a particular Division, the Court decided fifteen cases in 2011, four in 2012 and one per year in 2013, 2015 and 2017.

The Court decided six cases from the Second District in 2011, five in 2013 and 2014, three in 2012 and 2015, two in 2017 and one in 2016.  The Court decided ten criminal cases from the Third District in 2012, eight in 2016, six in 2015, five in 2011, 2013 and 2017 and four in 2014.  The Court decided eight cases from the Fourth District in 2011, six in 2014, four in 2012 and 2015, three in 2013 and 2016 and two in 2017.  The Court decided five cases from the Fifth District in 2014, four in 2016, two in 2015 and 2017 and one in 2011 and 2013.

The Court has decided only twenty-three direct appeals from the Circuit Courts between 2011 and 2017: six in 2016, five in 2015, four in 2014, three in 2011 and 2013, and one in 2012 and so far in 2017.  The Court has decided only three criminal cases under its original jurisdiction – one in 2011, 2012 and 2017.  The Court decided one disciplinary case per year in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Join us back here next Tuesday as we begin our analysis of a new question.

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