Today, we’re examining the voting record of one of the newer members of the Supreme Court, Associate Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. Justice Neville took his seat on June 15, 2018, succeeding Justice Charles Freeman. Prior to joining the Court, Justice Neville sat on the First District Appellate Court from 2004 to 2018. During his
Yesterday, we reviewed the data on Justice Neville’s question patterns since joining the Court in civil cases. Today, we’re looking at the criminal side.
Justice Neville has not been a particularly active questioner thus far in criminal cases. He more heavily questions the eventual loser when he’s in the majority of criminal cases, although the
This week we’re concluding our trip through the Justice-by-Justice oral argument analytics data to determine whether it’s possible to predict when a particular Justice is dissenting (although Justice Michael Burke replaced Justice Thomas earlier this year, there is too little data so far to reach any conclusions about his arguments). Today and tomorrow, we’re looking
Justice Theis has participated in 20 domestic relations cases since joining the Court. She has voted for defendants in nine of those cases and for plaintiffs 11 times. Between 2011 and 2015, she supported defendants in seven of fifteen cases. From 2016 to 2019, she voted for defendants in two of five cases.
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Since joining the Supreme Court, Justice Theis has participated in 33 criminal sentencing cases. She has voted for defendants’ position 12 times and against defendants in 21 cases. From 2010 to 2014, she supported defendants in eight of 20 cases. From 2015 to 2019, she supported defendants in four of 13 cases.
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Justice Theis participated in 82 criminal procedure cases between the time she joined the Court and the end of 2019. She voted for defendants’ position in 24 of those cases and against the defendants 58 times. From 2010 to 2014, she voted for defendants 11 times and against defendants in 33 cases. From 2015 to
Since joining the Court, Justice Theis has participated in 83 criminal constitutional law cases. She has voted for defendants 32 times and against them in 51 cases. From 2010 to 2014, she supported defendants in 12 of 33 cases. Since that time, she has voted for defendants in 20 cases and against them in 30
Justice Theis has participated in 47 civil procedure cases since taking her seat in 2011. She has supporting plaintiffs in 22 cases and voted for defendants 27 times. From 2011 to 2015, she voted for plaintiffs 12 times and for defendants in 17 cases. From 2016 to 2019, she split her votes evenly in 20
Since joining the Supreme Court in 2011, Justice Theis has participated in 35 civil constitutional law cases. She has voted for defendants in 21 cases and for plaintiffs in 14 cases. From 2015 to 2019, Justice Theis has evenly split her voting in 24 cases – 12 times for defendants and 12 against them.
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Today, we’re concluding our review of the individual Justices’ voting records in tort cases. Justice Theis has participated in 55 tort cases since her tenure began in 2010. Justice Theis has voted for defendants in 38 of those cases and voted for plaintiffs 17 times. From 2010 to 2013, she voted for defendants 21 times