Yesterday, we looked at whether defendants are winning a higher fraction of appeals in criminal cases between 1994 and 2005. Today, we're looking at the years 2006 through 2016.
In 2010, defendants won eleven criminal cases. In 2012, defendants won ten cases. Beginning in 2014, defendants have won more cases each year – twelve in 2014, thirteen in 2015 and 14 in 2016. Defendants had mixed results in five cases in 2016, four in 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2015. Defendants had partial wins in three cases in 2006 and 2013, and in two cases in 2014. Defendants had one partial win in 2008, and none in 2009.
Defendants lost 63 cases in 2012. They lost 51 in 2007, 56 in 2008, 53 in 2009 and 58 in 2010. Defendants lost 43 cases in 2006, 44 in 2011 and 41 each in 2013 and 2014. Defendants lost 33 cases in 2016 and 26 in 2015.
Defendants won between ten and twenty percent of criminal cases in 2006 and 2008-2013. Every year since, the winning percentage for defendants has increased, to 21.82% in 2014, 30.23% in 2015 and 26.92% in 2016. Defendants won 13.21% of their cases in 2006, 13.64% in 2008, 13.11% in 2009, 15.07% in 2009 and 2010, 13.73% in 2011, 12.99% in 2012 and 12% in 2013.
Defendants have scored partial wins in 9.3% of cases in 2015 and 9.62% in 2016. Defendants have had partial wins in 6.56% of cases in 2007, 5.66% in 2006, 5.48% in 2010 and 5.19% in 2012. Defendants have fallen below a seventy percent losing percentage only twice during this period – 60.46% in 2015 and 63.46% in 2016. Defendants lost 75.93% of their criminal appeals in 2014 and 79.45% in 2010. Defendants have lost at least 80% of their cases in seven years – 2006 (81.13%), 2007 (83.61%), 2008 (84.85%); 2009 (86.89%); 2011 (86.27%); 2012 (81.82%) and 2013 (82%).
Join us back here next Thursday as we turn our attention to the next facet of our analysis of the Court's decision making.
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