Richard S. Whitney
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2003–
C-
62% — 89 of 143 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.
94cases reviewed on appeal
27%reversed, in whole or part, of 92 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 63 reversed 18 reversed in part 7 modified 4 writ granted 1 dismissed 1
Areas
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Analysis
176reviewed cases analysed
554rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
30cases 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
- People v. Young CA4/1
- People v. Jimenez
- People v. Boegeman CA4/1
- People v. Brauns CA4/1
- People v. Burleson CA4/1
- People v. Middleton CA4/1
- People v. Harper CA4/1
- People v. Keating CA4/1
- People v. Durantes CA4/1
- People v. Aldridge CA4/1
- People v. Cornelio CA4/1
- People v. Ferelli CA4/1
- People v. King CA4/1
- People v. Johnson CA4/1
- People v. King CA4/1
- People v. Easter CA4/1
- P. v. Boutte CA4/1
- People v. Rodgers CA4/1
- P. v. .Smith CA4/1
- People v. Sumner CA4/1
- The People v. Dixon CA4/1
- P. v. Jennings CA4/1
- P. v. Williams CA4/1
- P. v. Williams CA4/1
- P. v. Wilson CA4/1