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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

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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

  1. People v. Jackson CA4/1 D066137 · 2015-08-19 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Greenspan CA4/1 D065585M · 2015-07-08 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Cassidy CA4/1 D065931 · 2015-06-30 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Greenspan CA4/1 D065585 · 2015-06-17 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Cunningham CA4/1 D065699 · 2015-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Goran CA4/1 D065609 · 2015-04-24 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Dragasits CA4/1 D064288 · 2015-02-06 · criminal · modified
  8. In re D. B. D064992 · 2014-12-17 · delinquency · affirmed
  9. People v. Smith CA4/1 D064769 · 2014-08-20 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Snavely CA4/1 D063684 · 2014-05-15 · other · affirmed
  11. People v. El Mir CA4/1 D063375 · 2014-05-12 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. DeJarlais CA4/1 D062968 · 2014-04-04 · other · affirmed
  13. People v. Fox D063169 · 2014-03-05 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Consiglio CA4/1 D063173 · 2014-02-20 · other · affirmed
  15. People v. Essapour CA4/1 D062563 · 2013-12-12 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. P. v. Sedej CA4/1 D056955 · 2013-03-29 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. P. v. Lozano CA4/1 D059304 · 2013-03-26 · criminal · modified
  18. Foley v. Superior Court D043155 · 2004-03-30 · civil · vacated
  19. People v. Williams D031496 · 1999-06-23 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. McCleod D025447 · 1997-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Johnny R. D021308 · 1995-04-12 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. Richard C. D018703 · 1994-04-29 · criminal · other
  23. Antonio G. v. Superior Court D018333 · 1993-03-22 · criminal · writ denied
  24. People v. Renteria Docket Nos. D012652, D014970 · 1992-05-21 · criminal · other
  25. People v. Santellanes D008028 · 1989-12-19 · criminal · affirmed