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Harry M. Elias

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2007–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1998–2021 · , Municipal Court of California, County of San Diego 1990–1998

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62% — 57 of 92 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 56% 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.

61cases reviewed on appeal
34%reversed, in whole or part, of 56 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 37 reversed 14 reversed in part 5 writ granted 4

Areas

criminal 53 dependency 7 family 1

By year: 2020 13 · 2021 12 · 2015 7 · 2013 6 · 2022 3 · 2014 3 · 2007 3 · 2025 2 · 2024 2 · 2023 2 · 2019 2 · 2016 2 · 2026 1 · 2018 1 · 2017 1 · 2009 1 ·

Analysis

109reviewed cases analysed
286rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
18cases 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. Kopp CA4/1 D072464A · 2026-05-13 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Newton CA4/1 D084096 · 2025-02-14 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Martinez E082657 · 2025-02-07 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. In re Amanda A. CA4/1 D084041 · 2024-09-20 · dependency · affirmed
  5. In re M.W. CA4/1 D083860 · 2024-07-18 · dependency · affirmed
  6. People v. Alvarez D080585 · 2023-12-29 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Flores CA4/1 D079468 · 2023-05-16 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Oryall CA4/1 D078561 · 2022-09-15 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Wright CA4/1 D078472 · 2022-05-19 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Wilson CA4/1 D075612A · 2022-02-02 · criminal · reversed
  11. People v. Laberge CA4/1 D078234 · 2021-09-24 · criminal · reversed
  12. People v. Rodas CA4/1 D077523 · 2021-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Harrison v. Superior Court CA4/1 D077854 · 2021-08-19 · criminal · writ granted
  14. People v. Boothe CA4/1 D077180 · 2021-04-15 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Schmidt CA4/1 D076806 · 2021-03-25 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Russell CA4/1 D078167 · 2021-03-22 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Havellana CA4/1 D077137 · 2021-03-01 · criminal · affirmed
  18. In re Kavanaugh D076500 · 2021-02-25 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Arce CA4/1 D076543 · 2021-02-25 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Sullivan CA4/1 D078235 · 2021-02-25 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Rodriguez D076917 · 2021-02-16 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. Almazo CA4/1 D077565 · 2021-01-15 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Thomas CA4/1 D077117M · 2020-12-29 · criminal · reversed
  24. People v. Resendiz CA4/1 D076804 · 2020-12-21 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Taylor CA4/1 D076498 · 2020-12-18 · criminal · affirmed