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Robert F. O'Neill

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2001–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 1301, Central Courthouse — CRIMINAL TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 17 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1999–

B--
69% — 56 of 81 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 40% 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.

64cases reviewed on appeal
15%reversed, in whole or part, of 61 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 49 reversed 5 reversed in part 4 modified 3 dismissed 3

Areas

criminal 64

By year: 2013 13 · 2015 10 · 2016 9 · 2014 9 · 2021 6 · 2020 4 · 2026 2 · 2025 2 · 2024 2 · 2022 2 · 2023 1 · 2017 1 · 2009 1 · 2007 1 · 2001 1 ·

Analysis

126reviewed cases analysed
333rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
29cases 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. Morales CA4/1 D086758 · 2026-08-14 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Partee CA4/1 D084714 · 2026-01-30 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Lake CA4/1 D084548 · 2025-12-31 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Motta CA4/1 D085103 · 2025-09-11 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Robbins CA4/1 D081683 · 2024-06-17 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Williams CA4/1 D080892 · 2024-05-14 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Williams CA4/1 D078714 · 2021-10-12 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Dunn CA4/1 D078793 · 2021-09-10 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Gause CA4/1 D076908 · 2021-03-15 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Walker CA4/1 D077294 · 2021-01-11 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Alva CA4/1 D075155 · 2020-10-20 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Bennett CA4/1 D076355 · 2020-09-28 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Kaufman D070902 · 2017-11-16 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Guarneros D067267 · 2016-11-03 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Robbins CA4/1 D069077 · 2016-08-05 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Pennington CA4/1 D069674 · 2016-07-29 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Flores CA4/1 D067587 · 2016-05-10 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Smith CA4/1 D067231 · 2016-03-04 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Trader CA4/1 D068955 · 2016-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Gervais CA4/1 D066318 · 2015-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D067581 · 2015-08-26 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Goodwin CA4/1 D065440 · 2015-06-15 · criminal · affirmed
  23. P. .v Sanders CA4/1 D064746 · 2015-03-24 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Sanders CA4/1 D064743 · 2015-03-24 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Sanders CA4/1 D064744 · 2015-03-24 · criminal · affirmed