gno.law

Candace J. Beason

Judge · Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 1996–2023

, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 1988–1993

A++
provisional — 100% — 2 of 2 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 1% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 2 so far

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.

17cases reviewed on appeal
6%reversed, in whole or part, of 17 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 12 modified 4 reversed 1

Areas

criminal 15 probate 1 dependency 1

By year: 2014 3 · 2013 3 · 2019 2 · 2017 2 · 2023 1 · 2020 1 · 2016 1 · 2010 1 · 2008 1 · 1997 1 · 1996 1 ·

Analysis

2 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. In re L.J. C096775 · 2023-03-23 · dependency · affirmed
  2. People v. Gastelum D075368A · 2020-02-25 · criminal · modified
  3. People v. Gastelum D075368 · 2019-10-02 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Bates C086471 · 2019-05-07 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Gandy B264452A · 2017-08-03 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Gandy B264452 · 2017-03-29 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Sutton CA4/2 E064304 · 2016-07-29 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Karl CA2/3 B251310 · 2014-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Ruddell CA2/3 B248103 · 2014-07-31 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Perrow CA2/7 B250503 · 2014-03-17 · criminal · modified
  11. People v. Santana CA2/8 B241806 · 2013-10-15 · criminal · affirmed
  12. P. v. Song CA2/5 B241253 · 2013-06-13 · criminal · modified
  13. P. v. Ramirez CA2/1 B232114 · 2013-03-26 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Weinberger v. Morris B215819 · 2010-09-24 · probate · affirmed
  15. People v. Pearson B198805 · 2008-07-30 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Ortiz B098805 · 1997-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Acosta B093699 · 1996-08-12 · criminal · affirmed