For the past several weeks, we’ve been surveying the yearly average votes to affirm each District and Division of the Appellate Court in civil cases. Beginning today, we’re turning our attention to criminal cases – first up, Division One of the First District. Division One had no criminal cases decided by the Supreme Court in 1994, 1996 or 1999. Average votes to affirm was 2.5 in 1990, zero in 1991, 4.67 in 1992, 3.5 in…

This time, we’re reviewing the average votes to affirm at the Supreme Court for civil cases from the Fifth District. The Fifth’s average votes to affirm remained under four throughout the nineties: 2.36 (1990), 1.89 (1991), 1.55 (1992), 3.29 (1993), 2.64 (1994), 1.38 (1995), 1.75 (1996), 2.14 (1997), 2.63 (1998) and 1.17 (1999). Average votes to affirm was 3.33 in 2000, 1.6 in 2001 and 2.88 in 2002 before rising to 3.5 in 2003 and…

This week, we’re continuing our review of the data on average votes to affirm the Districts of the Appellate Court in civil cases at the Supreme Court. During the 1990s, the Fourth District’s average votes to affirm was typically on the low side. In 1990, average votes to affirm was 1.63. In 1991, it fell to 0.33. For the rest of the decade, average votes to affirm rose beyond four only twice: 2.73 (1992), 2.5…