Justice Kilbride has participated in 203 criminal procedure cases since joining the Court.  He has supported defendants in 81 cases and has voted against defendants 122 times.  From 2001 to 2004, he has voted for defendants 18 times and against them in 25 cases.  From 2005 to 2009, he voted for defendants 36 times and against them 34 times.  From 2010 to 2014, he voted for defendants 12 times and against them 40 times.  From 2015 to 2019, he voted for defendants 15 times and against them 23 times.

Ninety-nine of those cases were won by defendants below.  Justice Kilbride has voted to affirm 32 of those decisions, and has voted to reverse, in whole or in part, 67 times.  From 2001 to 2004, he voted to affirm only four times while voting to reverse in 16 cases.  From 2005 to 2009, he voted to affirm 17 times while voting to reverse in 13 cases.  From 2010 to 2014, he voted to affirm only four times while voting to reverse in 26 cases.  From 2015 to 2019, he voted to affirm in seven of 19 cases.

One-hundred two cases were lost by the defendants below.  Justice Kilbride voted to reverse, in whole in part, in 47 cases while voting to affirm 55 times.  From 2001 to 2004, he voted to reverse 13 times and to affirm nine decisions.  From 2005 to 2009, he voted to reverse 18 times and to affirm in 21 cases.  From 2010 to 2014, he voted to reverse eight times and to affirm 14 times.  From 2015, he voted to reverse eight times and to affirm in 11 cases.

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

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