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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. Marriage of Riaz CA5 F087849 · 2025-06-12 · family · affirmed
  2. S.C. v. County of Fresno CA5 F088080 · 2025-05-12 · civil · affirmed
  3. People v. Sanchez CA5 F086713 · 2025-05-02 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Trunick v. Callaway CA5 F084692 · 2025-05-02 · probate · affirmed
  5. People v. Swan CA5 F087651 · 2025-04-23 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Gunnarsson CA5 F087089 · 2025-04-22 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Diamond v. Schweitzer F086150 · 2025-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  8. Aguilera v. Dole Packaged Foods CA5 F087224 · 2025-04-16 · civil · affirmed
  9. Sandton Agriculture Investments III, LLC v. 4-S Ranch Partners, LLC F086484 · 2025-03-14 · probate · affirmed
  10. People v. Perez CA5 F087344 · 2025-03-13 · criminal · affirmed
  11. Marriage of Hernandez and Renteria CA5 F088472 · 2025-03-11 · family · affirmed
  12. People v. Morales CA5 F086226 · 2025-03-07 · criminal · affirmed
  13. Jenkins v. Department of Justice CA5 F087260 · 2025-03-07 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Oldham CA5 F086767 · 2025-03-03 · criminal · affirmed
  15. B.B. v. County of Kern CA5 F087536M · 2025-02-26 · civil · affirmed
  16. People v. Banks CA5 F087134 · 2025-02-21 · criminal · affirmed
  17. Perez v. Calvin CA5 F087496M · 2025-02-20 · civil · affirmed
  18. People v. Cherry CA5 F086296 · 2025-02-11 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Newman CA5 F087828 · 2025-02-07 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Gutierrez CA5 F084644M · 2025-02-04 · criminal · affirmed
  21. Perez v. Calvin CA5 F087496 · 2025-01-30 · civil · affirmed
  22. People v. Barragan CA5 F086945 · 2025-01-29 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Marriage of Johnson CA5 F086965 · 2025-01-27 · family · affirmed
  24. Curtis v. Vigil CA5 F088567 · 2025-01-22 · family · affirmed
  25. People v. Cruz CA5 F084690 · 2025-01-21 · criminal · affirmed