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David M. Gill

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 1984–2025

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1979– · , Municipal Court of California, County of San Diego 1974–1979

B-
72% — 72 of 100 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 33% 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.

86cases reviewed on appeal
13%reversed, in whole or part, of 77 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 63 reversed 6 modified 4 dismissed 4 writ granted 3 reversed in part 3 other 2 vacated 1

Areas

criminal 71 other 13 delinquency 1 civil 1

By year: 2021 14 · 2024 12 · 2013 11 · 2015 9 · 2016 8 · 2014 7 · 2023 6 · 2022 5 · 2020 5 · 2025 4 · 2018 1 · 2007 1 · 2006 1 · 1987 1 · 1984 1 ·

Analysis

163reviewed cases analysed
461rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
20cases 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. Cravens CA4/1 D083539 · 2025-09-25 · criminal · affirmed
  2. In re Covarrubias on Habeas Corpus CA4/1 D083996 · 2025-04-28 · criminal · dismissed
  3. People v. Morris CA4/1 D083336 · 2025-04-24 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Craig CA4/1 D082475 · 2025-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Moreno CA4/1 D082974 · 2024-12-18 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Mason CA4/1 D083500 · 2024-11-22 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Alexander CA4/1 D082644 · 2024-10-16 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Kotich CA4/1 D083762 · 2024-10-09 · criminal · dismissed
  9. People v. Cottingham CA4/1 D082471 · 2024-09-19 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Foss CA4/1 D083978 · 2024-09-09 · criminal · dismissed
  11. People v. Locke CA4/1 D083244 · 2024-08-16 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Mauricio CA4/1 D082816 · 2024-07-24 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. George CA4/1 D081794 · 2024-07-10 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Nguyen CA4/1 D081433 · 2024-06-07 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Conservatorship of the Person of Patricia G. CA4/1 D082420 · 2024-02-07 · other · affirmed
  16. People v. Dix CA4/1 D082179 · 2024-02-07 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Threat CA4/1 D081914 · 2023-11-01 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Haggins CA4/1 D081876 · 2023-08-31 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Johnson CA4/1 D080683 · 2023-07-25 · criminal · modified
  20. People v. Sherman D080241 · 2023-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. DePolo CA4/1 D080557 · 2023-03-02 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Cooper CA4/1 D078345A · 2023-02-02 · criminal · reversed
  23. People v. Henley D079001 · 2022-12-05 · criminal · reversed
  24. People v. Saibu CA4/1 D078729 · 2022-07-29 · criminal · dismissed
  25. People v. Rogers CA4/1 D079596 · 2022-04-11 · criminal · affirmed