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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 17 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. Davis CA4/1 D077387 · 2020-11-05 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Heaton CA4/1 D068631 · 2016-04-13 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Heinzel CA4/1 D063503 · 2014-07-08 · criminal · reversed