James D. Otto
Judge · Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 2013–2026
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 2003–
72cases reviewed on appeal
26%reversed, in whole or part, of 65 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 46 reversed 12 reversed in part 5 dismissed 4 remanded 2 modified 2 writ denied 1
Areas
criminal 72
By year: 2025 11 · 2022 10 · 2024 9 · 2023 9 · 2026 8 · 2021 8 · 2016 6 · 2015 4 · 2020 3 · 2013 2 · 2017 1 · 2014 1 ·
Analysis
No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.
Cases
- People v. Thabiti CA2/8 B337457 · 2026-09-04 · criminal · reversed
- People v. Gomez B337826 · 2025-10-07 · criminal · reversed
- People v. Campa CA2/3 B317813 · 2023-07-18 · criminal · reversed
- People v. Ervin CA2/8 B309740A · 2023-02-08 · criminal · reversed
- People v. Harris CA2/3 B310323 · 2022-12-19 · criminal · reversed
- People v. Morales CA2/5 B313206 · 2022-06-27 · criminal · reversed
- People v. Mackabee CA2/4 B306125 · 2022-04-12 · criminal · reversed
- People v. Orozco CA2/8 B306916 · 2022-02-25 · criminal · reversed
- People v. Fortman CA2/2 B304567A · 2022-01-27 · criminal · reversed
- People v. Shipp CA2/7 B308414 · 2021-07-19 · criminal · reversed
- People v. Fortman B304567 · 2021-05-13 · criminal · reversed
- People v. Torres B295043 · 2020-05-04 · criminal · reversed