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Court of Appeals
History of Resolutions (1)(2) - 2008 to 2012

2008 2009 % Chg 2010 % Chg 2011 % Chg 2012 % Chg
DIVISION I
Criminal Appeals  560  513  -8.4 %  433  -15.6 %  446  3 %  475  6.5 % 
Civil Appeals  587  559  -4.8 %  530  -5.2 %  570  7.5 %  546  -4.2 % 
Total Appeals  1,147  1,072  -6.5 %  963  -10.2 %  1,016  5.5 %  1,021  0.5 % 
Personal Restraint Petition  417  434  4.1 %  391  -9.9 %  308  -21.2 %  353  14.6 % 
Notice of Discretionary Review  174  157  -9.8 %  182  15.9 %  151  -17 %  162  7.3 % 
Total Resolutions DIVISION I  1,738  1,663  -4.3 %  1,536  -7.6 %  1,475  -4 %  1,536  4.1 % 
DIVISION II
Criminal Appeals  485  547  12.8 %  494  -9.7 %  449  -9.1 %  436  -2.9 % 
Civil Appeals  377  401  6.4 %  392  -2.2 %  372  -5.1 %  362  -2.7 % 
Total Appeals  862  948  10 %  886  -6.5 %  821  -7.3 %  798  -2.8 % 
Personal Restraint Petition  367  362  -1.4 %  277  -23.5 %  249  -10.1 %  395  58.6 % 
Notice of Discretionary Review  91  118  29.7 %  96  -18.6 %  118  22.9 %  110  -6.8 % 
Total Resolutions DIVISION II  1,320  1,428  8.2 %  1,259  -11.8 %  1,188  -5.6 %  1,303  9.7 % 
DIVISION III
Criminal Appeals  317  317  0 %  254  -19.9 %  291  14.6 %  280  -3.8 % 
Civil Appeals  260  266  2.3 %  241  -9.4 %  258  7.1 %  242  -6.2 % 
Total Appeals  577  583  1 %  495  -15.1 %  549  10.9 %  522  -4.9 % 
Personal Restraint Petition  221  189  -14.5 %  193  2.1 %  156  -19.2 %  205  31.4 % 
Notice of Discretionary Review  163  95  -41.7 %  79  -16.8 %  78  -1.3 %  75  -3.8 % 
Total Resolutions DIVISION III  961  867  -9.8 %  767  -11.5 %  783  2.1 %  802  2.4 % 
COURT OF APPEALS, TOTAL
Criminal Appeals  1,362  1,377  1.1 %  1,181  -14.2 %  1,186  0.4 %  1,191  0.4 % 
Civil Appeals  1,224  1,226  0.2 %  1,163  -5.1 %  1,200  3.2 %  1,150  -4.2 % 
Total Appeals  2,586  2,603  0.7 %  2,344  -10 %  2,386  1.8 %  2,341  -1.9 % 
Personal Restraint Petition  1,005  985  -2 %  861  -12.6 %  713  -17.2 %  953  33.7 % 
Notice of Discretionary Review  428  370  -13.6 %  357  -3.5 %  347  -2.8 %  347  0 % 
Total Resolutions Court of Appeals  4,019  3,958  -1.5 %  3,562  -10 %  3,446  -3.3 %  3,641  5.7 % 

(1) To alleviate case congestion, Division II transferred 50 cases in 2009 and 45 cases in 2010 (which would otherwise have been heard in Division II) to Division I for preparation of opinions and mandates. A transferred resolution appears for each of these cases in Division II figures. Each transferred case is included in filing counts in both divisions. The opinions for those transferred cases are included in Division I figures, only.
(2) 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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