Off Topic: Fiscal Year 2012 California Appellate Statistics Are In

 

Appeals Decided At A Low Number From 2005; Reverse Rate Only 18%; Most Appeals Decided Within 15 Months.

     HAT TIP--We give a “hat tip” to fellow blogger Greg May (The California Blog of Appeal) for providing some summaries of the “2013 Court Statistics Report: Statewide Caseload Trends 2002-2003 through 2011-2012,” focusing mainly on fiscal year 2012 end results for California appellate courts.

     Here are his highlights:

     1. Number of contested appeals per justice -- 209, lowest number since 2005.

     2. Appeal type distributions -- more than 40% criminal; a little over 20% juvenile dependency.

     3. Civil appeal reversal rates -- 18%.

     4. Appeal “Lag Time” -- 90% appeals resulted in written opinions within 15 months from filing of the notice of appeal.