Arizona Judicial Branch Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report Fiscal Year 2014 Caseload and Financial Highlights Statewide  The Arizona Judicial Branch comprised 1.25% of the overall state budget.  Arizona’s courts handled an average of 8,477 new cases each business day.  Arizona’s courts handled an average of 45 Jury Trials and an average of 254 Non-Jury Trials each week.  Arizona’s courts reduced their pending caseload - cases awaiting a final disposition - by 129,915 cases compared to the 2013 fiscal year.  Over 79,000 defendants report to Arizona’s Adult Probation Departments.  Statewide, there were 2,127,823 case filings in FY 2014 in the Arizona Courts (Appellate, Superior, Tax, Justice and Municipal Courts) resulting in 9,742 more filings compared to FY 2013, an increase of 0.5%. That equates to an average of 8,477 cases filed among the Arizona courts every working day.  Statewide, case filings increased by 0.5%, while revenue decreased by 1.7%. The trend in decreasing revenue continues to be driven by the overall decline in both criminal and civil traffic in the limited jurisdiction courts. 2|Page Fiscal Year 2014 Caseload and Financial Highlights General Jurisdiction  Superior Court case filings increased by 0.6% statewide. In Maricopa county, filings increased by 1.8%, while Pima county and the rural counties reported a decreases of 3.2% and 0.7%, respectively. The statewide increase was driven by increased filings in the Criminal and Domestic Relations case type categories, while the remaining categories experienced a decreased filings.  Superior Court mental health filings decreased by 2.8% from FY 2013 to FY 2014. During the same period, terminations of mental health cases increased by 29.3%.  Within Superior Court, the case type categories with the most significant case filing increase include; Felony (8.8%), other domestic relations (7.7%), Tort-Motor Vehicle (9.6%), adoption (9.1%) and juvenile dependency (8.0%).  Superior Court criminal jury trials increased by 14.2% in FY 2014 when compared with FY 2013  In FY 2014, juvenile dependency filings increased by 8.0% compared to FY 2013 and 82.7% when compared to FY 2011. During the same period, juvenile delinquency filings decreased by 10.1% and 32.5%, respectively. Limited Jurisdiction  Statewide, civil traffic case filings account for 56.5% of all case filings in Justice and Municipal Courts. Civil traffic filings decreased by 3,990, or 0.4% from FY 2013 to FY 2014.  There were 66,831 DUI charges filed in Justice and Municipal Courts. This represents a decrease of 4,507 case filings from FY 2013, or a 6.3% decrease. (Case filings in Justice and Municipal Courts are primarily counted by charge, not by defendant).  Justice Courts reduced the pending caseload by 5.4%.  Over 859,000 criminal and civil traffic filings were filed into municipal courts across the state during the 2014 fiscal year. These filing types make up about three quarters of the municipal court cases. 3|Page Judiciary Organizational Chart Supreme Court 5 Justices, 6-year terms Chief Justice, Vice Chief Justice 3 Associate Justices Court of Appeals 22 Judges, 6-year terms Division I, Phoenix Chief Judge & 15 Associate Judges Counties: Apache, Coconino, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai, Yuma Division II, Tucson Chief Judge & 5 Associate Judges Counties: Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz Superior Court 180 Judges, 4-year terms Presiding Judge in each county Apache 1 Greenlee 1 Pima 30 Cochise 5 La Paz 1 Pinal 10 Coconino 5 Maricopa 98 Santa Cruz 2 Gila 2 Mohave 7 Yavapai 7 Graham 1 Navajo 4 Yuma 6 In addition to the judicial positions listed above, there are approximately 111 full-time and parttime judges pro tempore, commissioners and hearing officers in the Superior Court. Justice of the Peace Courts 88 Judges, 88 Precincts, 4-year terms Apache 4 Mohave 5 Cochise 6 Navajo 6 Coconino 4 Pima 10 Gila 2 Pinal 8 Graham 2 Santa Cruz 2 Greenlee 2 Yavapai 5 La Paz 3 Yuma 3 Maricopa 26 Municipal Courts 154 Full- and Part-time Judges, varying terms Judges Courts Judges Courts Apache 3 3 Mohave 5 4 Cochise 5 5 Navajo 4 4 Coconino 5 4 Pima 17 5 Gila 7 6 Pinal 9 9 Graham 3 3 Santa Cruz 2 2 Greenlee 1 1 Yavapai 12 9 La Paz 2 2 Yuma 5 4 Maricopa 75 23 4|Page FY 2014 Case Filings by Court Level APPELLATE COURT LEVEL TRENDS CASE FILINGS SUPREME COURT 1,037 DIVISION ONE 2,630 DIVISION TWO 782 ∗ Appellate Court case filings decreased by 256 (5.4%). ∗ General Jurisdiction Court case filings increased by 892 (0.4%). ∗ Limited Jurisdiction Court case filings increased by 9,106 (0.5%). 4,449 TOTAL LIMITED JURISDICTION CASE FILINGS GENERAL JURISDICTION COUNTY CASE FILINGS COUNTY JUSTICE MUNICIPAL APACHE 854 APACHE 7,737 1,413 COCHISE 3,118 COCHISE 40,354 4,100 COCONINO 3,085 COCONINO 23,446 19,768 GILA 1,608 GILA 10,048 21,031 GRAHAM 1,306 GRAHAM 4,163 2,740 3,589 645 11,098 1,634 315,070 743,807 GREENLEE 332 GREENLEE LA PAZ 640 LA PAZ MARICOPA 131,193 MARICOPA MOHAVE 6,638 MOHAVE 33,796 17,098 NAVAJO 2,813 NAVAJO 29,847 11,040 PIMA 27,309 PIMA 148,029 280,364 PINAL 9,212 PINAL 46,061 25,441 SANTA CRUZ 1,404 SANTA CRUZ 9,737 9,080 YAVAPAI 6,270 YAVAPAI 32,864 29,808 YUMA 5,388 YUMA 17,013 20,279 TAX COURT 1,104 TOTAL 732,852 1,188,248 TOTAL 202,274   Cases filed include original filings and transfers in. General Jurisdiction cases are counted by defendant.  Limited Jurisdiction cases are counted by charge when filed by citation and by defendant when filed by longform complaint. 5|Page ANNUAL CASE ACTIVITY SUMMARIES, FY 2013 – FY 2014 ARIZONA SUPREME COURT  Supreme Court case filings decreased 1.6% from FY 2013 to FY 2014.  Cases terminated by the court in FY 2014 decreased 14.6% over case terminations in FY 2013.  The difference between filings and terminations resulted in a pending caseload increase of 18.6%. There were 334 pending cases on July 1, 2013, compared to 396 pending cases on June 30, 2014. Arizona Supreme Court 700 750 800 850 900 950 1,000 1,050 1,100 1,150 1,200 1,037 2014 978 1,054 2013 1,145 1,109 2012 1,080 1,018 2011 1,022 1,086 2010 960 Filings Terminations 6|Page COURT OF APPEALS, DIVISION ONE  Total filings during FY 2014 represented a 6.4% decrease from FY 2013.  Case terminations decreased by 16.8% in FY 2014.  Pending caseload increased by 2.8%, from 2,051 on July 1, 2013 to 2,108 on June 30, 2014. Court of Appeals, Division One - 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 2,630 2014 2,443 2,809 2013 2,936 2,910 2012 3,003 3,039 2011 3,118 2,970 2010 3,020 Filings Terminations 7|Page COURT OF APPEALS, DIVISION TWO  Total filings decreased 7.1% from 842 in FY 2013 to 782 in FY 2014. Criminal filings, the largest category, comprising 30.7% of the filings decreased 4.0% from 250 in FY 2013 to 240 in FY 2014.  Case terminations increased by 11.1% in FY 2014.  Pending caseload decreased by 24.6%, from 870 on July 1, 2013 to 656 on June 30, 2014. Court of Appeals, Division Two 500 600 700 900 1,000 1,100 1,200 782 2014 1,162 842 2013 2012 800 1,046 841 652 868 2011 946 890 2010 897 Filings Terminations 8|Page ARIZONA TAX COURT The Arizona Tax Court serves as the statewide venue for all civil actions involving a tax, impost or assessment.  A total of 1,104 original cases were filed in the court during FY 2014, a decrease of 17.9% from the 1,344 cases filed in FY 2013.  Of the 1,104 FY 2014 original cases filed, 922 were property tax actions, accounting for 83.5% of the total original filings.  A total of 1,562 cases were terminated, 715 or 45.8% by judgment. Cases terminated by judgment decreased 16.1% from FY 2013.  As of June 30, 2014, there were 786 cases pending in the tax court. Total cases pending decreased 34.2% from FY 2013. Arizona Tax Court - 2014 2013 2012 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 3,000 3,500 4,000 1,104 1,562 1,344 1,890 1,832 2,251 2,331 2011 2010 2,500 2,630 3,382 1,924 Filings Terminations 9|Page SUPERIOR COURT  In FY 2014, total case filings increased by 0.6% from FY 2013.  Total case terminations decreased by 3.3% during the same period.  Criminal case filings increased 7.6% from 48,654 in FY 2013 to 52,363 in FY 2014. Criminal case terminations increased by 10.2% during the same period from 49,782 to 54,847.  Domestic relations cases increased 3.0% from 49,860 in FY 2013 to 51,354 in FY 2014, and domestic relations case terminations increased 1.2% from 50,259 to 50,860. Domestic violence petition filings decreased 2.9% in Superior Court from 12,021 to 12,364 in FY 2014.  Civil case filings decreased 5.6% from 62,770 in FY 2013 to 59,267 in FY 2014. During the same period, civil case terminations also decreased 11.8% from 65,148 to 57,431.  There were 204,784 total cases pending on July 1, 2013, compared with 209,410 cases pending on June 30, 2014, an increase of 2.3%.  Juvenile cases with direct filings to adult court decreased 22.2% from 257 in FY 2013 to 200 in FY 2014. Juvenile cases transferred to adult court decreased 14.3%, from 14 in FY 2013 to 12 in FY 2014. A total of 212 juvenile cases were either transferred or directly filed in adult court in FY 2014 compared to 271 in FY 2013, a decrease of 21.8%. Superior Court - 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 201,170 2014 197,656 200,038 2013 204,438 211,350 2012 212,735 235,386 2011 244,572 243,663 2010 244,385 Filings Terminations 10 | P a g e JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS  Total filings in Justice Courts decreased from 759,993 in FY 2013 to 732,852 in FY 2014, a decrease of 3.6%.  During the same period, case terminations decreased 1.7% from 796,305 in FY 2013 to 782,394 in FY 2014.  Criminal and civil traffic filings, which comprise almost two-thirds of all justice court filings, decreased 5.2% from 450,455 in FY 2013 to 427,148 in FY 2014.  Criminal (misdemeanor and felony) case filings decreased 3.3% from 109,091 in FY 2013 to 105,543 in FY 2014. Criminal case terminations increased 1.4% from 115,627 in FY 2013 to 117,229 in FY 2014.  Domestic Violence petition filings decreased 3.9% in justice courts, from 9,198 to 8,837. Petitions for Injunctions Against Harassment decreased 5.0% from 6,671 to 6,335.  Total cases pending dropped by 5.4% from 615,281 on July 1, 2013 to 581,964 on June 30, 2014. Justice of the Peace Courts 500,000 2014 2013 550,000 600,000 650,000 700,000 750,000 800,000 850,000 900,000 950,000 1,000,000 732,852 782,394 759,993 796,305 789,233 2012 819,304 828,378 2011 867,687 918,802 2010 959,390 Filings Terminations 11 | P a g e MUNICIPAL COURTS  Case filings in FY 2014 increased 3.2% from FY 2013. Total case terminations increased 3.1% during the same period.  Civil and criminal traffic filings, which comprise about three-fourths of all municipal court cases, increased 1.5%, from 846,377 in FY 2013 to 859,373 in FY 2014.  Criminal misdemeanor case filings increased 7.9% from 211,174 in FY 2013 to 227,869 in FY 2014. Criminal misdemeanor case terminations increased 3.7% from 255,472 in FY 2013 to 264,874 in FY 2014.  Domestic Violence petitions increased 2.5% from 12,927 in FY 2013 to 13,256 in FY 2014. Petitions for Injunctions against Harassment increased 1.6%, from 7,144 in FY 2013 to 7,256 in FY 2014.  Total cases pending decreased 14.1%, from 713,520 on July 1, 2012 to 612,800 on June 30, 2014. Municipal Courts 800 2014 2013 2012 900 1,000 1,100 1,200 1,300 1,400 1,500 Thousands 1,600 1,700 1,188 1,337 1,152 1,297 1,260 1,347 1,306 2011 1,479 1,437 2010 1,567 Filings Terminations 12 | P a g e ADULT PROBATION  The number of individuals under the jurisdiction of Arizona adult probation departments at the end of FY 2014 increased 0.9% from 78,499 on July 1, 2013 to 79,185 on June 30, 2014.  Of the 79,185 individuals under the jurisdiction of adult probation, 41,614 were on standard probation (36,226 were under direct supervision in the state and 5,388 were under indirect supervision through interstate compact or long term residential treatment), 2,557 on intensive probation (2,373 were direct supervision and 184 were on indirect supervision), and 35,014 were on administrative supervision (unsupervised, report only, deported, etc.). 13 | P a g e JUVENILE COURT / PROBATION JUVENILE COURT REFERRALS  There were 39,476 referrals to juvenile court in FY 2014, a 9.7% decrease compared to 43,723 in the previous year.  33,316 referrals were terminated in FY 2014, a 17.1% decrease compared to the 40,193 referrals terminated in FY 2013. Juvenile Court Referrals 2014 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 39,476 33,316 43,723 2013 40,193 50,150 2012 45,455 54,497 2011 50,764 79,836 2010 65,592 Filings Terminations 14 | P a g e JUVENILE COURT PETITIONS  A total of 14,953 petitions were filed in FY 2014, an 11.3% decrease from the 16,849 petitions filed in FY 2013.  A total of 14,298 petitions were terminated in FY 2014, a 14.0% decrease from the 16,624 terminated in FY 2013. JUVENILE PROBATION/CORRECTIONS  The number of juveniles on probation at the end of FY 2014 decreased 12.8% from 4,853 on July 1, 2013 to 4,233 on June 30, 2014.  A total of 4,248 adjudicated juveniles were placed on probation in FY 2014, a 13.0% decrease from the 4,885 youths placed on probation in FY 2013.  4,868 juveniles were released from probation, a decrease of 9.8% from the 5,394 terminated last year.  470 juveniles were committed to the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections during FY 2014, a decrease of 0.6% from the 473 committed last year. Juvenile Probation/Corrections 2,000 2014 2013 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 4,248 4,868 4,885 5,394 5,595 2012 6,320 6,606 2011 7,502 7,752 2010 8,226 Placed on Probation Released from Probation 15 | P a g e ANNUAL REVENUE SUMMARY  Total statewide court revenue decreased 1.7% from $385.4 million in FY 2013 to $378.7 million in FY 2014. The decrease in revenue was driven by the overall decline in both criminal and civil traffic in the limited jurisdiction courts. Arizona Court Revenue $250 FY 2014 FY 2013 $300 $350 $400 $450 $500 $379 $385 FY 2012 $397 FY 2011 $408 FY 2010 $428 Revenue in millions 16 | P a g e  The graph below represents the trend in increased court revenue above the $70 million benchmark established in FY 1988. Since that time, courts have collected approximately $4.437 billion in additional revenue.  Of the total court system revenue, the state received 44.3 %, counties received 30.5% and cities and towns received 25.3%. Arizona Court Revenue Above Benchmark $0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350 $400 $450 FY 2014 FY 2013 FY 2012 FY 2011 FY 2010 1988 Benchmark Revenue above 1988 $70 million Benchmark Proportion of Revenue Generated by Level of Government Cities/Towns, 25.3% State, 44.3% County, 30.5% 17 | P a g e 18 | P a g e  48.1% of total court revenue was generated by municipal courts, 28.1% by justice courts, 22.6% by Superior Court and 1.2% by appellate courts.  Total restitution payments for victims collected increased by 9.5% from $17.8 million in FY 2013 to $19.5 million in FY 2014. Proportion of Revenue Generated by Court Level Supreme/Appeals, 1.2% Superior, 22.6% Municipal, 48.1% Justice, 28.1% 19 | P a g e ANNUAL EXPENDITURE SUMMARY  Total statewide court expenditures increased 4.6% from $719.0 million in FY 2013 to $752.4 million in FY 2014. Arizona Court Expenditures $600 $620 $640 $660 $680 $700 $720 FY 2014 $780 $800 $719 FY 2012 FY 2010 $760 $752 FY 2013 FY 2011 $740 $716 $707 $700 Expenditure in millions 20 | P a g e  65.6% of the total funds spent by the court system were from the counties, 19.7% from the state, 13.3% from cities and towns, and 1.4% from federal and private sources.  69.1% of total court expenditures were in Superior Court (including probation), 13.3% in municipal courts, 10.6% at the appellate level and 7.0% in the justice courts. Proportion of Expenditures by Government Federal/Private, 1.4% Municipal, 13.3% State, 19.7% County, 65.6% Proportion of Expenditures by Court Level Municipal, 13.3% Supreme/Appeals, 10.6% Justice, 7.0% Superior, 69.1% 21 | P a g e