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Carlos O. Armour

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2008–

F++
50% — 33 of 66 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 83% of 312 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.

55cases reviewed on appeal
22%reversed, in whole or part, of 51 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 33 reversed 8 modified 7 reversed in part 3 dismissed 3 remanded 1

Areas

criminal 41 delinquency 14

By year: 2024 8 · 2015 7 · 2014 7 · 2013 7 · 2023 5 · 2021 5 · 2020 5 · 2026 3 · 2025 3 · 2022 3 · 2016 2 ·

Analysis

107reviewed cases analysed
260rulings read
3rulings where the model disagrees with the court
25cases with a verified missed authority
2appellate opinions called questionable

Counts of a model's readings across this judge's reviewed cases, each shown on its case page beside the court's disposition. Not a finding about the judge.

Cases

  1. People v. Roberts CA4/1 D086830 · 2026-03-27 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Aguilar D083172M · 2026-01-29 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Aguilar D083172 · 2026-01-02 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Dorey CA4/1 D082268 · 2025-05-28 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Thomas CA4/1 D082842 · 2025-05-20 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Chavez CA4/1 D083627 · 2025-01-15 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D083020 · 2024-11-06 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Wiltshirebeal CA4/1 D082374 · 2024-09-13 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Shamoun CA4/1 D083287 · 2024-07-12 · criminal · dismissed
  10. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D082105 · 2024-07-08 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Brocone CA4/1 D082431 · 2024-06-25 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Epps CA4/1 D082774 · 2024-03-13 · criminal · dismissed
  13. People v. Epps CA4/1 D082774 · 2024-03-13 · criminal · dismissed
  14. People v. Sanabria CA4/1 D081649 · 2024-01-09 · criminal · reversed
  15. People v. Rocha CA4/1 D081345 · 2023-12-15 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Thomas CA4/1 D080668 · 2023-11-30 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Radloff CA4/1 D080082 · 2023-07-20 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Flores CA4/1 D079468 · 2023-05-16 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Myles D079825 · 2023-03-23 · criminal · reversed
  20. People v. Nix CA4/1 D080235 · 2022-09-13 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Moreno CA4/1 D079159 · 2022-08-15 · criminal · remanded
  22. People v. Deneef CA4/1 D077979 · 2022-01-05 · criminal · modified
  23. People v. Duran CA4/1 D077135 · 2021-07-28 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Castanedo CA4/1 D076838 · 2021-05-06 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Hinchliff CA4/1 D077108 · 2021-05-05 · criminal · affirmed