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Court Activity, Cases from Court of Appeals - 2012 Annual Report

  ------Petition for Review------ -- Motions for Discretionary Review --  
  Criminal Civil Total Criminal Civil Total Discretionary
Review PRP
Certifications Transfers
(party motions)
Total
FILINGS
Total Filings  363  257  620  34  76  110  313  1,046 
RESOLUTIONS (1)(3)
Total Opinions  40  37  77  90 
Dismissed 
Review Not Accepted 
Other Terminations  306  221  527  13  17  550 
Total Orders  308  222  530  13  17  556 
Dismissed  13  18  35 
Review Not Accepted  13  242  255 
Other Terminations  18  52  70  84 
Total Rulings  10  16  26  61  87  266  374 
Total Resolved  358  265  623  31  76  107  275  10  1,020 
PENDING AT YEAR END (2)
Cases Stayed  42  46  17  65 
Cases Ready 
Cases Not Ready  134  84  218  15  20  97  337 
Set for Motion Calendar  10  14 
Set for Oral Argument  14  17 
Total Awaiting Hearing  191  102  293  16  23  122  440 
Opinion/Order in Process  18  23  41  52 
Total Pending Decision  209  125  334  17  24  124  492 
MANDATED
Opinion Terminating Review  39  39  78  93 
Order Terminating Review  307  222  529  14  18  550 
Ruling Terminating Review  14  19  28  68  96  257  376 
Other Decision Terminating Review  10  13  20  38 
Total Mandated  370  269  639  34  87  121  288  1,057 

(1) As a result of changes in resolution coding procedures in 2005, resolutions are now categorized by Opinions, Orders Terminating Review, and Rulings Terminating Review. Figures for these categories are reported for the first time in 2005.
(2) As a result of the recent transition to the new Appellate Court Records and Data System(ACORDS-II), measurement of the various stages of pending caseload are not comparable to measurements for prior years. Extreme caution should be used in interpreting 2003 and future activity relative to that shown for prior years.
(3) As of 2010, Resolution counts have been updated to report only primary case resolutions. Secondary case resolutions have been excluded from all of the resolution counts reported.

 
 
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