Yesterday, we reviewed the distribution of the Court’s criminal cases from 1990 to 2004.  Today, we’re addressing the Districts and Divisions of the Appellate Court for the Court’s criminal cases from 2005 to 2019.

The Court’s criminal cases from the First District in the years 2005 to 2009 were up sharply to 94: 33 unattributed to a Division, 15 which arose from Division 3, 13 from Division 4, 9 each from Divisions 2 and 6, 8 from Division 1 and 7 from Division 5.

The Court decided 38 cases from the Second District, 37 from the Third District, 35 from the Fourth District and 6 from the Fifth District.  With death penalty cases beginning to taper off, the Court decided only 23 cases on direct appeal from the trial courts, plus 4 on original jurisdiction and 3 from the bar court.

Between 2010 and 2014, the flow of cases from the First District was down slightly to 86: 30 which are unattributed, 15 from Division 3, 11 from Division 4, 10 from Division 1, 8 from Division 6, 7 from Division 2 and 5 from Division 5.

The Court decided 36 criminal cases from the Third District, 32 from the Second District, 24 from the Fourth District and 8 from the Fifth District.  Finally, the Court decided 14 cases on direct review from the trial courts and 4 each from the bar court and on direct review.

Between 2015 and 2019 to date, the Court has decided only 48 cases from the First District.  The Court has decided only 3 cases we were unable to assign to a Division, 10 from Division 1, 9 from Division 2, 8 from Division 3, 7 from Division 6, 6 from Division 5 and 5 from Division 4.

The Court has decided 28 cases from the Third District, 18 from the Fourth District, 15 from the Second District and 9 from the Fifth District.  The Court has decided 19 cases on direct review from the trial courts and 1 on original jurisdiction.

Join us back here next week as we take up a new subject.

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