| Appellate - Manner of Disposition
The appellate Manner of Disposition matrices are divided into three sections: Manner of Disposition, Type of Court Opinion, and Case Outcomes. The Manner of Disposition section reports on all cases filed with the appellate court, regardless of how they are ultimately disposed. The Type of Court Opinion and Case Outcomes sections report on a subset of those cases, namely cases that are decided in some fashion by the appellate court. The Type of Court Opinion section reports on the manner in which the court decides the case. The Case Outcomes section reports how and to what extent the appellate court modifies the judgment of a trial court.
Example 1:
Manner of Disposition: During the reporting period, 500 criminal appeals are Decided (a). Ten (10) criminal appeals are Dismissed (b). Twenty (20) cases are Transferred to Another Court (c). The Grand Total Dispositions for the reporting period is 530 (d).
Type of Court Opinion: Of the 500 cases that are reported as Decided, 50 are decided in the form of Published Opinion (e). Four hundred and twenty (420) are decided via Memorandum Decision (f). An additional 20 cases are decided via Order (g), and another 10 cases are decided as Per Curiam Affirmed (h). The Grand Total Opinions is 500 (i), which correctly matches the number of cases reported as Decided in the Manner of Disposition section above (a).
Case Outcomes: The appellate court Affirmed 415 cases (j) and Reversed in 25 cases (k). Thirty (30) cases were Reversed, Remanded for New Trial (l). An additional 20 cases were Remanded for New Sentence Hearing Only (m). Finally, 10 cases were Modified, Remanded to Intermediate Appellate Court (n). The total of all these case outcomes is reported as 500 in the Grand Total Outcomes (o). This number correctly matches the Grand Total Opinions (i) and the number of cases reported as Decided in the Manner of Disposition section above (a). |
