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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 16 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

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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. Ta CA4/1 D083951 · 2025-06-25 · criminal · modified
  2. People v. Alvarrado CA4/1 D082731 · 2024-06-04 · criminal · modified
  3. People v. Charlesworth CA4/1 D065144 · 2015-05-26 · criminal · modified
  4. People v. Chamu CA4/1 D065710 · 2015-02-19 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Garcia D062659M · 2014-03-26 · criminal · modified
  6. People v. Garcia D062659 · 2014-03-24 · criminal · modified