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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 Hernandez and Renteria CA5 F088472 · 2025-03-11 · family · affirmed
  2. People v. Morales CA5 F086226 · 2025-03-07 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Jenkins v. Department of Justice CA5 F087260 · 2025-03-07 · civil · affirmed
  4. Civil Rights Dept. v. Cathy's Creations F085800M · 2025-03-05 · civil · vacated
  5. Wash v. Banda-Wash F085028M · 2025-03-04 · civil · vacated
  6. People v. Oldham CA5 F086767 · 2025-03-03 · criminal · affirmed
  7. B.B. v. County of Kern CA5 F087536M · 2025-02-26 · civil · affirmed
  8. People v. Banks CA5 F087134 · 2025-02-21 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Perez v. Calvin CA5 F087496M · 2025-02-20 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Zamora CA5 F086144 · 2025-02-20 · criminal · other
  11. Civil Rights Dept. v. Cathy's Creations F085800 · 2025-02-11 · civil · vacated
  12. People v. Taylor F087652 · 2025-02-11 · criminal · reversed
  13. People v. Cherry CA5 F086296 · 2025-02-11 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Newman CA5 F087828 · 2025-02-07 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Carson Hybrid Energy Storage v. Turlock Irrigation District CA5 F087073A · 2025-02-05 · civil · reversed
  16. People v. Chatman F087868 · 2025-02-04 · criminal · reversed
  17. People v. Gutierrez CA5 F084644M · 2025-02-04 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Wash v. Superior Court CA5 F086934 · 2025-02-04 · civil · writ granted
  19. Wash v. Banda-Wash F085028 · 2025-02-03 · civil · vacated
  20. Perez v. Calvin CA5 F087496 · 2025-01-30 · civil · affirmed
  21. People v. Barragan CA5 F086945 · 2025-01-29 · criminal · affirmed
  22. Marriage of Johnson CA5 F086965 · 2025-01-27 · family · affirmed
  23. Curtis v. Vigil CA5 F088567 · 2025-01-22 · family · affirmed
  24. People v. Cruz CA5 F084690 · 2025-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Gallegos CA5 F086040 · 2025-01-17 · criminal · affirmed