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Herbert J. Exarhos

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 1992–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 17, East County Court — CRIMINAL (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1987– · , Municipal Court of California, County of San Diego 1983–1987

F++
50% — 26 of 52 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 83% 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.

39cases reviewed on appeal
6%reversed, in whole or part, of 35 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 30 modified 3 dismissed 3 reversed 2 other 1

Areas

criminal 39

By year: 2025 7 · 2024 7 · 2023 5 · 2015 4 · 1992 4 · 2020 2 · 2013 2 · 1993 2 · 2026 1 · 2022 1 · 2021 1 · 2014 1 · 1996 1 · 1995 1 ·

Analysis

76reviewed cases analysed
203rulings read
2rulings where the model disagrees with the court
16cases with a verified missed authority
1appellate 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. Santiago CA4/1 D085214 · 2026-01-07 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Duniphan CA4/1 D084733 · 2025-09-10 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Happe CA4/1 D084893 · 2025-08-27 · criminal · dismissed
  4. People v. Rivas CA4/1 D085099 · 2025-08-26 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Belloli CA4/1 D084829 · 2025-07-18 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Carter CA4/1 D083274 · 2025-06-30 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Gutierrez CA4/1 D083521 · 2025-03-19 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Jenkins CA4/1 D082930 · 2025-02-25 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Edwards CA4/1 D083629 · 2024-12-20 · criminal · dismissed
  10. People v. Odish CA4/1 D082344 · 2024-08-06 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Khamo CA4/1 D082469 · 2024-08-06 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Bennett CA4/1 D082597 · 2024-05-29 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Godfrey CA4/1 D080003 · 2024-02-21 · criminal · modified
  14. People v. Cruz CA4/1 D081720 · 2024-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Sucaldito CA4/1 D080824 · 2024-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Urteaga CA4/1 D081317 · 2023-11-08 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Welters CA4/1 D081917 · 2023-10-26 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Edwards CA4/1 D080809 · 2023-09-13 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Pedraza CA4/1 D081371 · 2023-08-24 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Felix CA4/1 D079828 · 2023-03-30 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Dempsey CA4/1 D078667 · 2022-09-20 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Smith CA4/1 D076849 · 2021-09-07 · criminal · modified
  23. People v. Douglas CA4/1 D076038 · 2020-11-02 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Muro CA4/1 D076118 · 2020-10-22 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Padilla CA4/1 D066128 · 2015-10-07 · criminal · affirmed