Last time, we reviewed the data on the origin counties for the Supreme Court’s criminal cases from the Fifth Appellate District from 1990 to 2004.  Today, we’re looking at the data for the years 2005 to 2019. The Court’s flow of criminal cases from the Fifth District has slowed somewhat in recent years.  In 2005, the Court decided one case each from Clinton, Madison, Saline and St. Clair counties.  In 2006, the Court decided one…

Last week, we reviewed the data on which trial courts accounted for the Supreme Court’s civil cases from the Fifth District from 1990 to 2019.  This week, we’re reviewing the Court’s Fifth District criminal cases. In 1990, the Court decided three cases from St. Clair, two from Madison county and one each from Jackson, Pope, Union and Wabash counties.  In 1991, the Court decided only one criminal case from the Fifth District, which originated in…

In 2005, the Court decided two civil cases from Franklin county, two from Madison and one from St. Clair and Williamson.  In 2006, the Court decided three cases from St. Clair and one each from Jackson, Jefferson, Madison and Perry counties.  In 2007, the Court decided one case from Madison county and one from Montgomery.  The following year, the Court decided one case from Madison and one from St. Clair.  In 2009, the Court decided…

This week and next, we’re tracking the county Circuit Courts which accounted for the Supreme Court’s Fifth District civil and criminal cases between 1990 and 2019.  We begin with the civil docket. The Fifth District is comprised of thirty-six counties in the southernmost part of Illinois, with a total population according to the 2010 census of 1,304,639: Alexander, Bond, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence,…