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Kirk Jenkins brings a wealth of experience to his appellate practice, which focuses on antitrust and constitutional law, as well as products liability, RICO, price fixing, information sharing among competitors and class certification. In addition to handling appeals, he also regularly works with trial teams to ensure that important issues are properly presented and preserved for appellate review.  Mr. Jenkins is a pioneer in the application of data analytics to appellate decision-making and writes two analytics blogs, the California Supreme Court Review and the Illinois Supreme Court Review, as well as regularly writing for various legal publications.

Yesterday, we began our look at the Court’s civil domestic relations cases.  Today, we’re looking at the Court’s eighty criminal cases the Court decided between 1990 and 2017 which principally involved juvenile justice issues.

The Court decided no juvenile justice cases in 1990 or 1992.  It decided one in 1991, 1993 and 1994, two in

Last time, we looked at the Court’s insurance law caseload.  Today, we’re reviewing the Court’s habeas corpus decisions.

Between 1990 and 2017, the Court decided 224 habeas corpus cases.  The Court decided four habeas cases in 1990, eight in 1991, eleven in 1992, five in 1993, seven in 1994, seventeen in 1995 and nine in

For the past two weeks, we’ve been looking at the Court’s government/administrative law and criminal sentencing cases.  This week and next, we’re going to look at the Court’s insurance law cases on the civil side, and its habeas corpus cases on the criminal law side.

Between 1990 and 2017, the Court decided eighty-six insurance law

Yesterday, we took a close look at the Court’s history with civil cases involving governmental parties and administrative law.  Today, we’re on the criminal law side of the docket, reviewing the Court’s experience with cases involving criminal sentencing.

Since 1990, the Court has taken a virtually equal number of sentencing cases won by each side

Yesterday, we reviewed the Court’s record with civil cases involving government entities and administrative law.  Today, we’re looking at the criminal side of the docket – specifically, cases involving sentencing law.

The Court decided five sentencing law cases in 1990, one in 1991, eleven in 1992, one in 1993, three in 1994, six in 1995

For the past two weeks, we’ve been studying the Court’s death penalty cases.  This week, we’re turning our attention to a new topic – (1) government and administrative law; and (2) sentencing law in the criminal docket.  First up is civil cases involving government parties and administrative law issues.  Since 1990, the Supreme Court has