All Articles tagged criminal appeals

• New York Appeals
  May 05, 2009 EDT
  SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON: THE VOTING OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT IN NON-UNANIMOUS CRIMINAL CASES FROM 2001–2008
  Kevin Blackwell

  This study demonstrates trends in how the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided non-unanimous or divided criminal cases over an eight-year period.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  May 05, 2007 EDT
  PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME
  James W. Barr

  This high court study considers the effect the election of Justice Eakin and the resulting Republican majority had on the percentage of criminal appeals decided in favor of the prosecution.