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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

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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. Zondorak D062900 · 2013-10-21 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Mohamed CA4/1 D062868 · 2013-10-15 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Brown CA4/1 D063838 · 2013-10-10 · criminal · affirmed
  4. The People v. Cruz CA4/1 D061641 · 2013-09-25 · criminal · affirmed
  5. The People v. MacDougall CA4/1 D062461 · 2013-09-13 · criminal · affirmed
  6. P. v. Jimenez CA4/1 D062580 · 2013-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  7. P. v. Johnson CA4/1 D061792 · 2013-05-17 · criminal · affirmed
  8. P. v. Lim CA4/1 D061834 · 2013-03-28 · criminal · affirmed
  9. P. v. Andres CA4/1 D060774 · 2013-03-25 · criminal · affirmed
  10. P. v. Williams CA4/1 D063002 · 2013-03-22 · criminal · dismissed
  11. P. v. Martinez CA4/1 D058929 · 2013-03-05 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Fields D053080 · 2009-07-14 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Freeman D046394, D048111, D049238 · 2007-02-05 · criminal · reversed
  14. People v. Gordon D035265 · 2001-07-27 · criminal · reversed in part