Justice Karmeier has participated in 156 criminal procedure cases since joining the Court.  He has voted for defendants in 42 of those cases and against them in 114.  From 2005 to 2009, he voted for defendants in 23 cases and against them 43 times.  From 2010 to 2014, he voted for defendants nine times and against them in 43 cases.  From 2015 to 2019, he voted for defendants ten times and against them in 28 cases.

Justice Karmeier has participated in 79 criminal procedure cases won by defendants below, voting to affirm 20 times and to reverse in 59 cases.  Justice Karmeier voted to affirm in 11 of 30 cases from 2005 to 2009.  Between 2010 and 2014, he voted to affirm four times and to reverse in 26 cases.  From 2015 to 2019, he voted to affirm in five cases and to reverse 14 times.

Justice Karmeier has participated in 76 criminal procedure cases lost by defendants below, voting to reverse 21 of those decisions and to affirm 55 times.  Between 2005 and 2009, he voted to reverse 11 times and to affirm in 23 cases.  From 2010 to 2014, he voted to reverse five times and to affirm in 17 cases.  From 2015 to 2019, he voted to reverse in five cases and to affirm 14 times.

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

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