Lee Circuit Criminal
Lee Circuit Civil
Lee Family Court
Lee Probate Court
Lee County Criminal
Lee County Civil
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Lee Circuit Criminal Filings Lee Circuit Criminal Dispositions Lee Circuit Criminal Clearance Rates
Lee County - CIRCUIT CRIMINAL TRIAL COURT CASES - Feb. 2010
Florida's Trial Courts - Statistical Reference Guide
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
CIRCUIT CRIMINAL
Capital Murder 7 6 3 3 9 8 9 8 167% 48% -12%
Violent Crimes 97 134 110 113 192 198 178 163 44% 14% -8%
Against Persons 586 577 556 672 844 902 915 864 29% 7% -6%
Against Property 1,564 1,701 1,485 1,620 2,344 2,716 3,465 3,080 90% 19% -11%
Drug Crimes 962 1,136 1,248 1,097 1,435 1,838 2,253 1,752 60% 15% -22%
Total Circuit Criminal 3,216 3,554 3,402 3,505 4,824 5,662 6,820 5,867 67.4% 15.4% -14.0%
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
CRIMINAL CRIMINAL
Capital Murder 0 2 3 2 2 3 3 9 350% 63% 200%
Violent Crimes 84 92 81 65 48 64 101 137 111% 25% 36%
Against Persons 505 592 381 440 323 429 573 708 61% 16% 24%
Against Property 1,498 1,740 1,281 1,286 1,034 1,539 2,459 2,925 127% 27% 19%
Drug Crimes 794 1,116 1,081 945 649 1,008 1,502 1,538 63% 19% 2%
Total Circuit Criminal 2,881 3,542 2,827 2,738 2,056 3,043 4,638 5,317 94.2% 22.5% 14.6%
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
CRIMINAL CRIMINAL
Capital Murder 0% 33% 100% 67% 22% 38% 33% 113% 69% 58% 241%
Violent Crimes 87% 69% 74% 58% 25% 32% 57% 84% 46% 24% 48%
Crimes Against Persons 86% 103% 69% 65% 38% 48% 63% 82% 25% 11% 31%
Crimes Against Property 96% 102% 86% 79% 44% 57% 71% 95% 20% 11% 34%
Drug Crimes 83% 98% 87% 86% 45% 55% 67% 88% 2% 7% 32%
Total Circuit Criminal 89.6% 99.7% 83.1% 78.1% 42.6% 53.7% 68.0% 90.6% 16.0% 10.1% 33.3%
% Change
% Change
% Change Filings Through
Dispositions Through
Clearance Rates As Of
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Lee Circuit Civil Filings Lee Circuit Civil Dispositions Lee Circuit Civil Clearance Rates
Lee County - CIRCUIT CIVIL TRIAL COURT CASES - Feb. 2010
Florida's Trial Courts - Statistical Reference Guide
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
CIRCUIT CIVIL
Prof. Malprac. & Prod. Liability 37 43 41 49 30 26 56 88 80% 30% 57%
Auto & Other Negligence 664 737 729 748 848 767 958 870 16% 5% -9%
Contracts & Real Property 3,453 3,843 3,523 3,723 3,520 8,596 26,926 28,516 666% 89% 6%
Other Circuit Civil 582 686 828 951 905 843 953 735 -23% -5% -23%
Total Circuit Civil 4,736 5,309 5,121 5,471 5,303 10,232 28,893 30,209 452.2% 69.2% 4.6%
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
CIRCUIT CIVIL
Prof. Malprac. & Prod. Liability 34 35 44 305 104 46 24 518 70% 472% 2058%
Auto & Other Negligence 617 663 618 703 634 707 799 890 27% 7% 11%
Contracts & Real Property 3,167 3,634 3,385 3,599 3,095 4,114 10,049 24,254 574% 76% 141%
Other Circuit Civil 495 567 678 712 785 735 694 843 18% 5% 21%
Total Circuit Civil 4,313 4,899 4,725 5,319 4,618 5,602 11,566 26,505 398.3% 60.9% 129.2%
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
CIRCUIT CIVIL
Prof. Malprac. & Prod. Liability 92% 81% 107% 622% 347% 177% 43% 589% -5% 276% 1273%
Auto & Other Negligence 93% 90% 85% 94% 75% 92% 83% 102% 9% 4% 23%
Contracts & Real Property 92% 95% 96% 97% 88% 48% 37% 85% -12% 13% 128%
Other Circuit Civil 85% 83% 82% 75% 87% 87% 73% 115% 53% 14% 57%
Total Circuit Civil 91.1% 92.3% 92.3% 97.2% 87.1% 54.7% 40.0% 87.7% -9.8% 11.2% 119.2%
Filings Through % Change
Dispositions Through % Change
Clearance Rates As Of % Change
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Lee Family Court Filings Lee Family Court Dispositions Lee Family Court Clearance Rates
Lee County - UNIFIED FAMILY TRIAL COURT CASES - Feb. 2010
Florida's Trial Courts - Statistical Reference Guide
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
FAMILY COURT
Simplified Dissolution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * *
Dissolution 2,438 2,475 2,748 2,295 2,520 2,650 2,706 2,696 17% 4% 0%
Child Support 961 891 1,282 837 933 1,237 1,084 667 -20% -2% -38%
Domestic Violence 2,298 2,289 2,450 3,112 3,024 2,849 3,019 1,086 -65% -17% -64%
Other Dom. Relations 1,387 1,371 1,389 1,085 1,281 1,272 1,147 2,856 163% 39% 149%
Delinquency 2,476 2,531 2,073 1,905 2,009 2,014 1,976 1,812 -5% -1% -8%
Dependency 472 362 341 374 408 533 452 413 10% 4% -9%
Total Family Court 10,032 9,919 10,283 9,608 10,175 10,555 10,384 9,530 -0.8% -0.1% -8.2%
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
FAMILY COURT
Simplified Dissolution 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 * * -100%
Dissolution 2,324 2,495 2,441 2,219 2,630 2,861 4,324 2,788 26% 11% -36%
Child Support 787 1,263 875 1,030 836 965 1,206 848 -18% -2% -30%
Domestic Violence 2,322 2,254 2,228 3,131 2,980 2,913 3,094 1,119 -64% -16% -64%
Other Dom. Relations 1,233 1,523 1,082 1,105 1,140 1,138 1,283 2,866 159% 35% 123%
Delinquency 2,086 2,231 2,059 1,884 1,779 1,669 1,781 1,787 -5% -1% 0%
Dependency 332 307 266 309 279 368 374 230 -26% -4% -39%
Total Family Court 9,084 10,073 8,951 9,678 9,644 9,914 12,086 9,638 -0.4% 1.0% -20.3%
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
FAMILY COURT
Simplified Dissolution * * * * * * * * * * *
Dissolution 95% 101% 89% 97% 104% 108% 160% 103% 7% 6% -35%
Child Support 82% 142% 68% 123% 90% 78% 111% 127% 3% 4% 14%
Domestic Violence 101% 98% 91% 101% 99% 102% 102% 103% 2% 1% 1%
Other Domestic Relations 89% 111% 78% 102% 89% 89% 112% 100% -1% 1% -10%
Delinquency 84% 88% 99% 99% 89% 83% 90% 99% 0% 0% 9%
Dependency 70% 85% 78% 83% 68% 69% 83% 56% -33% -7% -33%
Total Family Court 90.6% 101.6% 87.0% 100.7% 94.8% 93.9% 116.4% 101.1% 0.4% 1.0% -13.1%
Filings Through % Change
Dispositions Through % Change
Clearance Rates As Of % Change
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Lee Probate Filings Lee Probate Dispositions Lee Probate Clearance Rates
Lee County - PROBATE TRIAL COURT CASES - Feb. 2010
Florida's Trial Courts - Statistical Reference Guide
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
PROBATE
Probate 2,750 3,009 4,181 5,761 5,008 3,717 3,201 2,770 -52% -17% -13%
Guardianship 300 287 315 267 270 278 255 251 -6% -1% -2%
Total Probate Court 3,050 3,296 4,496 6,028 5,278 3,995 3,456 3,021 -49.9% -15.7% -12.6%
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
PROBATE
Probate 2,527 2,863 3,554 5,004 4,582 3,203 2,869 3,291 -34% -9% 15%
Guardianship 256 223 227 190 238 230 215 254 34% 8% 18%
Total Probate Court 2,783 3,086 3,781 5,194 4,820 3,433 3,084 3,545 -31.7% -7.8% 14.9%
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
PROBATE
Probate & Other Probate 92% 95% 85% 87% 91% 86% 90% 119% 37% 9% 33%
Trust & Guardianship 85% 78% 72% 71% 88% 83% 84% 101% 42% 10% 20%
Total Probate Court 91.2% 93.6% 84.1% 86.2% 91.3% 85.9% 89.2% 117.3% 36.2% 8.9% 31.5%
% Change Clearance Rates As Of
Filings Through % Change
Dispositions Through % Change
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Lee - County Criminal Filings Lee - County Criminal Dispositions Lee - County Criminal Clearance Rates
Lee County - COUNTY CRIMINAL TRIAL COURT CASES - Feb. 2010
Florida's Trial Courts - Statistical Reference Guide
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
COUNTY CRIMINAL
Misdemeanors & Criminal Traffic 19,958 22,228 23,004 16,810 27,438 32,639 32,721 25,381 51% 15% -22%
County & Municipal Ordinances 2,676 3,261 3,371 3,738 8,777 5,722 7,246 4,154 11% 21% -43%
Driving Under the Influence 1,919 2,647 2,948 1,837 2,628 2,044 3,236 2,752 50% 16% -15%
Total County Criminal 24,553 28,136 29,323 22,385 38,843 40,405 43,203 32,287 44.2% 14.8% -25.3%
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
COUNTY CRIMINAL
Misdemeanors & Criminal Traffic 17,035 19,208 21,697 13,122 24,749 25,500 28,536 26,035 98% 24% -9%
County & Municipal Ordinances 2,392 2,783 3,368 2,929 7,492 4,838 5,832 4,209 44% 28% -28%
Driving Under the Influence 1,662 2,231 3,146 1,419 1,878 1,343 1,260 1,973 39% 14% 57%
Total County Criminal 21,089 24,222 28,211 17,470 34,119 31,681 35,628 32,217 84.4% 22.8% -9.6%
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
COUNTY CRIMINAL
Misdemeanors & Criminal Traffic 85% 86% 94% 78% 90% 78% 87% 103% 31% 8% 18%
County & Municipal Ordinances 89% 85% 100% 78% 85% 85% 80% 101% 29% 7% 26%
Driving Under the Influence 87% 84% 107% 77% 71% 66% 39% 72% -7% 7% 84%
Total County Criminal 85.9% 86.1% 96.2% 78.0% 87.8% 78.4% 82.5% 99.8% 27.9% 7.0% 21.0%
Filings Through % Change
Dispositions Through % Change
Clearance Rates As Of % Change
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Lee - County Civil Filings Lee - County Civil Dispositions Lee - County Civil Clearance Rates
Lee County - COUNTY CIVIL TRIAL COURT CASES - Feb. 2010
Florida's Trial Courts - Statistical Reference Guide
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
COUNTY CIVIL
Small Claims 6,317 7,859 7,393 4,978 6,100 7,052 8,739 6,551 32% 9% -25%
Civil 2,084 2,152 2,419 2,282 2,679 3,306 4,447 4,791 110% 21% 8%
Other Civil 191 225 363 235 143 133 177 148 -37% -7% -16%
Evictions 2,718 2,790 3,222 3,599 3,818 4,210 4,519 3,155 -12% -2% -30%
Civil Traffic Infractions 18,777 16,032 17,568 13,089 19,688 18,258 24,815 27,004 106% 22% 9%
Total County Civil 30,087 29,058 30,965 24,183 32,428 32,959 42,697 41,649 72.2% 15.7% -2.5%
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
COUNTY CIVIL
Small Claims 5,731 6,083 8,051 5,946 5,259 6,236 7,727 7,468 26% 7% -3%
Civil 1,763 1,957 2,123 2,343 2,285 3,256 3,522 4,005 71% 15% 14%
Other Civil 173 205 298 331 152 133 182 168 -49% -9% -8%
Evictions 2,562 2,633 2,983 3,499 3,812 3,834 4,532 3,655 4% 2% -19%
Civil Traffic Infractions 16,308 15,555 16,472 9,493 16,504 15,246 17,596 29,091 206% 37% 65%
Total County Civil 26,537 26,433 29,927 21,612 28,012 28,705 33,559 44,387 105.4% 20.3% 32.3%
6/30/2002 6/30/2003 6/30/2004 6/30/2005 6/30/2006 6/30/2007 6/30/2008 6/30/2009 '05 to '09 Avg. ∆ '05-'09 '08 to '09
COUNTY CIVIL
Small Claims 91% 77% 109% 119% 86% 88% 88% 114% -5% 1% 29%
Civil 85% 91% 88% 103% 85% 98% 79% 84% -19% -4% 6%
Other Civil 91% 91% 82% 141% 106% 100% 103% 114% -19% -4% 10%
Evictions 94% 94% 93% 97% 100% 91% 100% 116% 19% 5% 16%
Civil Traffic Infractions 87% 97% 94% 73% 84% 84% 71% 108% 49% 13% 52%
