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Smith

Justice, Court of Appeal · California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · 1900–2025

F--
provisional — 80% — 4.0 of 5 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 100% of 80 graded judges, but ten opinions are needed for a standing letter — 5 so far

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.

6cases reviewed on appeal
732opinions authored
1,565panels sat on (not as author)
—5 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 4 reversed 1 other 1

Areas

criminal 3 civil 3

By year: 2014 1 · 2013 1 · 1998 1 · 1914 1 · 1910 1 · 1900 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases

  1. People v. Arey CA5 F086345A · 2025-06-17 · criminal · remanded
  2. Marriage of Riaz CA5 F087849 · 2025-06-12 · family · affirmed
  3. Porter v. The Kenan Advantage Group CA5 F087528M · 2025-06-12 · civil · reversed in part
  4. People v. Barrios CA5 F087136 · 2025-06-03 · criminal · reversed
  5. Lopez v. Narayanan Nair MD CA5 F087238 · 2025-05-29 · civil · reversed
  6. People v. The North River Ins. Co. F088076 · 2025-05-28 · criminal · reversed
  7. Naranjo v. Doctors Medical Ctr. of Modesto, Inc. F083197A · 2025-05-23 · civil · vacated
  8. Koskiniemi v. Jennings CA5 F087348 · 2025-05-23 · civil · reversed
  9. Powell v. Belden CA5 F087583 · 2025-05-19 · civil · reversed in part
  10. Porter v. The Kenan Advantage Group CA5 F087528 · 2025-05-16 · civil · reversed in part
  11. People v. Reynoso CA5 F086133 · 2025-05-15 · criminal · reversed
  12. S.C. v. County of Fresno CA5 F088080 · 2025-05-12 · civil · affirmed
  13. People v. Sanchez CA5 F086713 · 2025-05-02 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Patten v. Torosian CA5 F087603 · 2025-05-02 · probate · modified
  15. Trunick v. Callaway CA5 F084692 · 2025-05-02 · probate · affirmed
  16. People v. Epps CA5 F087440M · 2025-04-25 · criminal · vacated
  17. People v. Swan CA5 F087651 · 2025-04-23 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Gunnarsson CA5 F087089 · 2025-04-22 · criminal · affirmed
  19. Diamond v. Schweitzer F086150 · 2025-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  20. Aguilera v. Dole Packaged Foods CA5 F087224 · 2025-04-16 · civil · affirmed
  21. People v. Arey CA5 F086345 · 2025-04-08 · criminal · remanded
  22. People v. Epps CA5 F087440 · 2025-04-02 · criminal · vacated
  23. People v. Andrews CA5 F088013 · 2025-04-02 · criminal · remanded
  24. Sandton Agriculture Investments III, LLC v. 4-S Ranch Partners, LLC F086484 · 2025-03-14 · probate · affirmed
  25. People v. Perez CA5 F087344 · 2025-03-13 · criminal · affirmed