Introduction to Other Appellate Case Reporting

 

The Other Appellate – Caseload Summary matrix is new to this edition of the State Court Guide to Statistical Reporting. This matrix was developed to allow courts to capture the full array of cases they handle during a reporting period.  Other Appellate case type categories include Application for a Writ (except death penalty-related writs), Certified Questions, Advisory Opinion, and Original Proceeding.  Cases that cannot be correctly classified in the other reporting matrices —Appeals, Petitions for Review, or Death Penalty —should be reported in this matrix to ensure that the courts’ completed caseload is captured and accurately reported.

 

The appellate court Manner of Disposition matrix, as stated above, has been completely redesigned to allow courts to report more detailed accounts of their decisions. The Manner of Disposition matrix reports more detailed accounts of appellate decisions.

 

There are now three distinct steps to reporting case dispositions.  The first step is the Manner of Disposition – how many cases were Decided, Dismissed, Denied, Transferred to Another Court, or disposed by Other Resolution.

 

The second step reports the Type of Court Opinion – how many cases the court disposed as Published Opinion, Memorandum Decision, Order, Per Curiam Affirmed, or Other Opinion.

 

The third step reports Case Outcomes – how many decisions were Affirmed, Reversed, Reversed and Remanded for New Trial, Remanded for New Sentence Hearing Only, Modified and Remanded to Intermediate Appellate Court, or resulted in Other Modifications.