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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 sat on (every role)

  1. People v. Thomas CA5 F077142 · 2021-03-11 · criminal · affirmed
  2. Esajian v. Holland CA5 F077258 · 2021-03-11 · civil · affirmed
  3. People v. Sanders CA5 F077964 · 2021-03-11 · criminal · reversed
  4. Westlands Water Dist. v. Cal. Water Impact Network CA5 F081182 · 2021-03-09 · civil · reversed
  5. Westlands Water Dist. v. County of San Joaquin CA5 F081181 · 2021-03-09 · civil · reversed
  6. Westlands Water Dist. v. North Coast Rivers Alliance CA5 F081174 · 2021-03-09 · civil · reversed
  7. People v. Vargas CA5 F078774 · 2021-02-25 · criminal
  8. People v. Richmond CA5 F078340 · 2021-02-19 · criminal · reversed
  9. Eagle Farms v. Calcot CA5 F077565M · 2021-02-17 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Marriage of Martinez and Martinez-Chavez CA5 F078882 · 2021-02-09 · family · dismissed
  11. People v. Anderson CA5 F076988 · 2021-02-08 · criminal · affirmed
  12. In re A.O. CA5 F081051 · 2021-02-05 · dependency · affirmed
  13. Rodriguez v. Board of Retirement of Fresno etc. CA5 F078785 · 2021-02-01 · family · affirmed
  14. Stafford v. Avenal Community Health Center CA5 F078826 · 2021-01-29 · civil · affirmed
  15. Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases F082094A · 2021-01-07 · other · other
  16. People v. Renteria CA5 F076973 · 2021-01-05 · criminal · modified
  17. People v. Simon CA5 F078189 · 2020-12-30 · criminal · reversed
  18. Banda v. Wash CA5 F076986M · 2020-12-23 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Ridge CA5 F077952 · 2020-12-18 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Boykin v. Premier Universal, Inc. CA5 F078689 · 2020-12-17 · civil · affirmed
  21. People v. Marquez CA5 F078242 · 2020-12-17 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. West CA5 F077999 · 2020-12-11 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Cardamon v. Dominion Courtyard Villas CA5 F076760 · 2020-12-11 · civil · reversed
  24. People v. Mireles CA5 F077349M · 2020-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Garcia CA5 F077721 · 2020-12-10 · criminal · reversed