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Melinda J. Lasater

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 1989–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 2203, Central Courthouse — CRIMINAL TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 17 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1990– · , Municipal Court of California, County of San Diego 1987–1990

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62% — 66 of 106 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 55% 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.

75cases reviewed on appeal
24%reversed, in whole or part, of 67 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 48 reversed 8 reversed in part 7 dismissed 4 modified 3 other 2 writ denied 1 vacated 1 remanded 1

Areas

criminal 70 other 3 delinquency 1 civil 1

By year: 2021 12 · 2025 9 · 2015 9 · 2016 7 · 2014 7 · 2026 6 · 2024 3 · 2023 3 · 2022 3 · 2020 3 · 2013 3 · 2019 1 · 2018 1 · 2004 1 · 1999 1 · 1997 1 · 1995 1 · 1994 1 · 1993 1 · 1992 1 · 1989 1 ·

Analysis

137reviewed cases analysed
387rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
23cases 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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. People v. Avignone CA4/1 D075948M · 2021-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Gates CA4/1 D077631 · 2021-10-18 · criminal · remanded
  3. People v. Avignone CA4/1 D075948 · 2021-09-30 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Wilson D078231 · 2021-09-29 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Chaidez CA4/1 D078489 · 2021-09-29 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Gonzalez CA4/1 D078276 · 2021-08-17 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Pitoau CA4/1 D076978 · 2021-07-19 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Duran CA4/1 D077346 · 2021-07-13 · criminal · dismissed
  9. People v. Ortiz CA4/1 D076579 · 2021-06-30 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. People v. Alexandre CA4/1 D078457 · 2021-06-21 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Mesa CA4/1 D077980 · 2021-02-22 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Alexander CA4/1 D077132 · 2020-12-03 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D074948 · 2020-11-13 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Christie CA4/1 D076272 · 2020-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Jenkins D073662 · 2019-09-18 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. People v. Wolf JAD18-02 · 2018-03-26 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Jacobo CA4/1 D068308 · 2016-09-19 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Russell CA4/1 D069462 · 2016-08-16 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Tran CA4/1 D067800 · 2016-06-29 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Jackson CA4/1 D068893 · 2016-06-22 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Fekadu CA4/1 D067686 · 2016-04-12 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. Gonzalez CA4/1 D066895 · 2016-04-07 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Grub CA4/1 D067347 · 2016-02-10 · criminal · modified
  24. People v. McDonald CA4/1 D066362 · 2015-09-25 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Hamilton CA4/1 D066030 · 2015-09-17 · criminal · affirmed