Since joining the Court in 2001, Justice Garman has participated in 199 criminal procedure cases.  She has voted for defendants in 58 cases and for the government 141 times.  Between 2001 and 2004, she voted for defendants 12 times in 40 cases.  Between 2005 and 2009, she voted for defendants in 24 cases and for the government 45 times.  Between 2010 and 2014, she voted for defendants 11 times and against them in 41 cases.  Between 2015 and 2019, she voted for defendants in 11 cases and for the government 27 times.

Ninety-eight of those cases were won by the defendant below.  Justice Garman voted to affirm 27 of those decisions and voted to reverse, in whole or in part, 71 times.  Between 2001 and 2004, she voted to reverse in 16 of 19 cases.  From 2005 to 2009, Justice Garman voted to affirm 12 times and to reverse in 18 cases.  From 2010 to 2014, she voted to affirm only 6 of 30 decisions, and from 2015 to 2019, she voted to affirm 6 times in 19 cases.

Ninety-nine cases were won by defendants below (two of these cases were not taken from final judgments).  Justice Garman voted to reverse, in whole or in part, 29 times, and voted to affirm in 70 cases.  From 2001 to 2004, she voted to reverse in 8 of 20 cases.  From 2005 to 2009, she voted to reverse in 11 of 38 cases.  From 2010 to 2014, she voted to reverse five times in 22 cases.  From 2015 to 2019, she voted to reverse in 5 cases and to affirm 14 times.

Join us back here next time as we continue our examination of the Justices’ voting records.

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