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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. Moreno v. Bassi F078400 · 2021-06-08 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Hughes CA5 F078960 · 2021-06-07 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Rodriguez v. Pacific Specialty Ins. Co. CA5 F078262 · 2021-06-02 · civil · affirmed
  4. Yu v. Squab Producers of Cal. CA5 F077553 · 2021-05-27 · civil · affirmed
  5. People v. Vang CA5 F077581 · 2021-05-27 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Willis v. L.A. County Waterworks Dist. No. 40 CA5 F082766 · 2021-05-26 · civil · affirmed
  7. Renfro v. J.G. Boswell Co. CA5 F077759 · 2021-05-18 · civil · affirmed
  8. Stand Up for California! v. State of Cal. F069302A · 2021-05-13 · civil · reversed
  9. People v. Robles CA5 F080024 · 2021-05-12 · criminal · reversed
  10. Hall v. Davis CA5 F078302 · 2021-05-07 · civil · affirmed
  11. People v. Zyszkiewicz CA5 F078532 · 2021-05-06 · criminal · affirmed
  12. Menefee Construction v. Calmat Co. CA5 F076966 · 2021-05-04 · civil · dismissed
  13. Menefee Construction v. Vulcan Materials Co. CA5 F075382 · 2021-05-04 · civil · affirmed
  14. People v. Vasquez F078067 · 2021-04-15 · criminal · vacated
  15. Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases F082492 · 2021-04-14 · probate · affirmed
  16. Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases F082469 · 2021-04-07 · other · other
  17. People v. Baltezor CA5 F077646 · 2021-03-30 · criminal · other
  18. People v. Nieto F078693M · 2021-03-29 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Nieto F078693 · 2021-03-18 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Odd Fellows Sierra Recreation Assn. v. Coleman CA5 F078823 · 2021-03-16 · civil · reversed in part
  21. Foster v. Sexton F078387 · 2021-03-16 · criminal · reversed
  22. Zuniga v. Cherry Avenue Auction F078402 · 2021-03-16 · civil · affirmed
  23. Stone v. Byers CA5 F077331 · 2021-03-12 · civil · affirmed
  24. Bichai v. Dignity Health F078658 · 2021-03-12 · civil · affirmed
  25. People v. Thomas CA5 F077142 · 2021-03-11 · criminal · affirmed