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Patricia D. Benke

Justice, Court of Appeal · California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · 1986–2021

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 4th District 1987–2021 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1985–1987 · Judge, Municipal Court of California, County of San Diego 1983–1985

D++
98% — 755.5 of 772 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 63% of 80 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time, graded on a curve: A is the top fifth of the judges graded under this model, F the bottom fifth; ++ / + / − / −− within the band. How the grade is made.

830opinions authored
1,823panels sat on (not as author)

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases authored (every role)

  1. People v. Jacobo CA4/1 D068308 · 2016-09-19 · criminal · affirmed
  2. In re I.O. CA4/1 D070233 · 2016-09-13 · dependency · affirmed
  3. People v. Espino CA4/1 D069213 · 2016-09-12 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Vilkin CA4/1 D067753 · 2016-09-02 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Wagner D068228 · 2016-08-19 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D068892 · 2016-08-11 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Pennington CA4/1 D069674 · 2016-07-29 · criminal · affirmed
  8. Jones v. Nationstar Mortgage CA4/1 D067834 · 2016-07-25 · civil · reversed
  9. People v. Washington CA4/1 D069023M · 2016-07-22 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Jackson CA4/1 D067888 · 2016-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Ghipriel D069936 · 2016-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Washington CA4/1 D069023 · 2016-07-19 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Marriage of Shine CA4/1 D069067M · 2016-07-13 · family · affirmed
  14. Marriage of Shine CA4/1 D069067 · 2016-07-11 · family · affirmed
  15. People v. Tovar CA4/1 D067549 · 2016-07-11 · criminal · affirmed
  16. M&F Fishing v. Sea-Pac Ins. Managers CA4/1 D067804 · 2016-07-07 · civil · affirmed
  17. Estate of Kasch CA4/1 D067345 · 2016-06-28 · probate · reversed
  18. People v. Romo D068255 · 2016-06-28 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Anderson CA4/1 D069220 · 2016-06-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  20. People v. Dodson CA4/1 D068318 · 2016-06-17 · criminal · affirmed
  21. Flannigan v. Onuldo, Inc. CA4/1 D067447A · 2016-06-08 · civil · reversed
  22. People v. Shutz CA4/1 D069906 · 2016-05-27 · criminal · modified
  23. Gilmore v. Commission on Professional Competence CA4/1 D069095 · 2016-05-23 · civil · affirmed
  24. People v. Nieto CA4/1 D069518 · 2016-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Ruvalcaba CA4/1 D068413 · 2016-05-18 · delinquency · affirmed