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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 authored (every role)

  1. People v. Barrios CA5 F087136 · 2025-06-03 · criminal · reversed
  2. Koskiniemi v. Jennings CA5 F087348 · 2025-05-23 · civil · reversed
  3. Powell v. Belden CA5 F087583 · 2025-05-19 · civil · reversed in part
  4. People v. Reynoso CA5 F086133 · 2025-05-15 · criminal · reversed
  5. S.C. v. County of Fresno CA5 F088080 · 2025-05-12 · civil · affirmed
  6. Patten v. Torosian CA5 F087603 · 2025-05-02 · probate · modified
  7. Trunick v. Callaway CA5 F084692 · 2025-05-02 · probate · affirmed
  8. People v. Swan CA5 F087651 · 2025-04-23 · criminal · affirmed
  9. Aguilera v. Dole Packaged Foods CA5 F087224 · 2025-04-16 · civil · affirmed
  10. Wash v. Banda-Wash F085028M · 2025-03-04 · civil · vacated
  11. Perez v. Calvin CA5 F087496M · 2025-02-20 · civil · affirmed
  12. People v. Newman CA5 F087828 · 2025-02-07 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Gutierrez CA5 F084644M · 2025-02-04 · criminal · affirmed
  14. Wash v. Banda-Wash F085028 · 2025-02-03 · civil · vacated
  15. Perez v. Calvin CA5 F087496 · 2025-01-30 · civil · affirmed
  16. People v. Barragan CA5 F086945 · 2025-01-29 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Edwards CA5 F085114 · 2025-01-08 · criminal · affirmed
  18. Marriage of Hiramanek CA5 F082542 · 2024-12-31 · family · reversed
  19. People v. Silva CA5 F085953 · 2024-12-05 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Vose v. Cadena CA5 F085564 · 2024-11-07 · probate · dismissed
  21. In re D.F. CA5 F087415 · 2024-09-11 · dependency · affirmed
  22. People v. Reck CA5 F087215 · 2024-09-10 · criminal · remanded
  23. Winton-Ireland Insurance Agency v. Pallante CA5 F086354 · 2024-09-10 · civil · affirmed
  24. People v. Rangel CA5 F086405 · 2024-09-09 · criminal · reversed
  25. Delis v. Thorn CA5 F086944 · 2024-08-29 · civil · affirmed