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Daniel B. Goldstein

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

Sitting now: Dept. 1901, Central Courthouse — CRIMINAL TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2003–

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56% — 28 of 50 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 72% 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.

42cases reviewed on appeal
10%reversed, in whole or part, of 40 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 30 modified 6 reversed 3 writ granted 1 reversed in part 1 other 1

Areas

criminal 42

By year: 2015 7 · 2025 6 · 2023 5 · 2016 5 · 2026 4 · 2014 4 · 2013 4 · 2024 2 · 2022 2 · 2020 2 · 2017 1 ·

Analysis

76reviewed cases analysed
202rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
8cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate 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. Lopez CA4/1 D084633A · 2026-08-24 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Toma v. Superior Court CA4/1 D087700 · 2026-06-24 · criminal · writ granted
  3. People v. White CA4/1 D084553 · 2026-05-28 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. White CA4/1 D086311 · 2026-01-28 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Vazquez CA4/1 D085218 · 2025-10-10 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Delgado CA4/1 D085211 · 2025-10-08 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Macias CA4/1 D084280 · 2025-08-07 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Ta CA4/1 D083951 · 2025-06-25 · criminal · modified
  9. People v. Bahena-Bahena CA4/1 D084835 · 2025-05-28 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Shively D082912 · 2025-05-27 · criminal · other
  11. People v. Jones CA4/3 G062464 · 2024-10-01 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Alvarrado CA4/1 D082731 · 2024-06-04 · criminal · modified
  13. People v. Mendoza CA4/1 D081440 · 2023-12-28 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Morales CA4/1 D080530 · 2023-07-07 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Salceda CA4/1 D080648 · 2023-03-17 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. McClay CA4/1 D079688 · 2023-02-22 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Barroso CA4/1 D080292 · 2023-01-24 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Datson CA4/1 D079947 · 2022-10-26 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Fischer CA4/1 D079585 · 2022-09-26 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Davis CA4/1 D077387 · 2020-11-05 · criminal · reversed
  21. People v. King D076258 · 2020-07-29 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Trujillo D071715 · 2017-09-21 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Realmuto CA4/1 D069994 · 2016-10-05 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Banks CA4/1 D067022 · 2016-07-25 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Rico CA4/1 D068997 · 2016-06-16 · criminal · affirmed