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Robert J. Trentacosta

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2007–2026

Sitting now: Dept. J5, Juvenile — JUVENILE JUSTICE (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2012–2013 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2000–2012

C+
67% — 28 of 42 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 45% 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.

32cases reviewed on appeal
19%reversed, in whole or part, of 31 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 24 reversed in part 3 reversed 3 writ granted 1 modified 1

Areas

delinquency 25 criminal 6 family 1

By year: 2016 9 · 2026 4 · 2023 4 · 2024 3 · 2022 3 · 2015 3 · 2025 2 · 2020 1 · 2019 1 · 2014 1 · 2007 1 ·

Analysis

63reviewed cases analysed
131rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
9cases 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. In re Jonathan R. CA4/1 D085819 · 2026-09-15 · delinquency · affirmed
  2. In re Miguel D. CA4/1 D086101 · 2026-05-14 · delinquency · affirmed
  3. In re Charles B. CA4/1 D085672 · 2026-04-02 · delinquency · affirmed
  4. In re Christian V. D085820 · 2026-02-24 · delinquency · affirmed
  5. In re J.H. CA4/1 D084759 · 2025-09-11 · delinquency · reversed in part
  6. In re Delano M. CA4/1 D084760 · 2025-08-21 · delinquency · affirmed
  7. In re Parsa B. CA4/1 D083870 · 2024-12-05 · delinquency · affirmed
  8. In re C.K. CA4/1 D083203 · 2024-10-23 · delinquency · reversed
  9. In re T.M.P. CA4/1 D083564 · 2024-10-03 · delinquency · affirmed
  10. People v. Ruben E. CA4/1 D080870 · 2023-07-26 · delinquency · affirmed
  11. In re I.S. CA4/1 D081589 · 2023-07-13 · delinquency · affirmed
  12. In re J.T. CA4/1 D080820 · 2023-03-29 · delinquency · reversed in part
  13. People v. Glenn CA4/1 D079998 · 2023-01-24 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Mourning CA4/1 D079849 · 2022-12-27 · criminal · affirmed
  15. In re Jesus C. CA4/1 D080483 · 2022-11-30 · delinquency · reversed
  16. People v. Bradley CA4/1 D078769 · 2022-01-25 · criminal · modified
  17. People v. Dodson CA4/1 D077140 · 2020-10-27 · criminal · affirmed
  18. In re J.S. D074139 · 2019-07-11 · delinquency · affirmed
  19. In re Cash L. CA4/1 D069585 · 2016-08-15 · family · affirmed
  20. In re Mario L. CA4/1 D068527 · 2016-07-20 · delinquency · affirmed
  21. In re Alvaro H. CA4/1 D068537 · 2016-07-08 · delinquency · affirmed
  22. In re Jorge C. CA4/1 D069134 · 2016-06-29 · delinquency · affirmed
  23. In re Devon A. CA4/1 D068543 · 2016-06-20 · delinquency · affirmed
  24. In re Jacob H. CA4/1 D068381 · 2016-05-23 · delinquency · affirmed
  25. In re Sarah M. CA4/1 D069226 · 2016-05-12 · delinquency · affirmed