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David J. Danielsen

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 1998–2026

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2014–2015 · , Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1990–1995

A
86% — 126 of 146 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 8% 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.

124cases reviewed on appeal
11%reversed, in whole or part, of 122 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 106 reversed 12 reversed in part 2 modified 2 writ denied 1 dismissed 1

Areas

criminal 117 civil 6 probate 1

By year: 2016 33 · 2015 30 · 2025 21 · 2014 15 · 2026 9 · 2013 5 · 2017 3 · 2023 1 · 2020 1 · 2018 1 · 2008 1 · 2006 1 · 2000 1 · 1999 1 · 1998 1 ·

Analysis

230reviewed cases analysed
492rulings read
6rulings where the model disagrees with the court
38cases with a verified missed authority
4appellate 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. Rose CA4/1 D086796 · 2026-09-28 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Randall CA4/1 D086203 · 2026-08-26 · criminal · modified
  3. People v. Eddington CA4/1 D086724 · 2026-07-01 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Tucker CA4/1 D085930 · 2026-06-01 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Hasley CA4/1 D085925 · 2026-05-20 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Alarcon CA4/1 D085564 · 2026-04-30 · criminal · dismissed
  7. People v. Arthur CA4/1 D085283 · 2026-04-20 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Harvey CA4/1 D084219 · 2026-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Cates CA4/1 D084201 · 2026-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Camacho CA4/1 D084857 · 2025-12-29 · criminal · reversed
  11. People v. Holman CA4/1 D083895 · 2025-12-24 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. English CA4/1 D083942 · 2025-12-19 · criminal · reversed
  13. People v. Arguilez CA4/1 D085317 · 2025-12-09 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Groce CA4/1 D084727A · 2025-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Groce CA4/1 D084727 · 2025-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Davis CA4/1 D083689 · 2025-11-13 · criminal · reversed
  17. People v. Crawford CA4/1 D084160 · 2025-11-04 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Dunn CA4/1 D084178 · 2025-10-17 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D083924 · 2025-09-19 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Williams CA4/1 D083922 · 2025-09-17 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Farias CA4/1 D083966 · 2025-08-04 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Dominguez CA4/1 D083869 · 2025-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Jenkins CA4/1 D084174 · 2025-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Thompson CA4/1 D083636 · 2025-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Conroy CA4/1 D083885 · 2025-05-09 · criminal · affirmed