In 1990, 79.71% of the Court’s criminal cases were unanimous. That rose to 75.86% in 1991, 82.61% in 1992 and 83.72% in 1993. But then the unanimity rate fell: 61.54% (1994), 59.49% (1995), 68.52% (1996), 60.32% (1997), 69.44% (1998) and only 45.28% in 1999.

In 2000, only 27.91% of the Court’s criminal decisions were unanimous. For the following three years, it bounced back to 60.34% in 2001, 54.29% in 2002 and 53.85% in 2003. In 2004, 75.81% of the Court’s criminal decisions were unanimous. The following year, that rate increased to 81.36%. It remained high for the rest of the decade: 72% (2006), 71.43% (2007), 84% (2008) and 76.92% in 2009.

The unanimity rate remained between three quarters and four fifths throughout the past decade: 74.55% (2010), 77.08% (2011), 69.7% (2012), 73.68% (2013), 79.41% (2014), 81.82% (2015), 80% (2016), 73.53% (2017), 73.08% (2018) and 62.5% so far this year.

Join us back here tomorrow as we review the data for one, two and three dissenter criminal cases.

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