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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. Martinez E082657 · 2025-02-07 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Kopp D072464 · 2019-07-31 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Inman CA4/1 D066916 · 2015-09-11 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. P. v. Herrera CA4/1 D061139 · 2013-03-19 · criminal · reversed in part