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William J. Howatt, Jr.

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 1990–2022

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64% — 7 of 11 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 51% of 312 graded judges

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.

10cases reviewed on appeal
—5 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

other 4 affirmed 3 reversed 2 dismissed 1

Areas

criminal 5 family 4 civil 1

By year: 2022 2 · 2003 2 · 1992 2 · 2021 1 · 1997 1 · 1991 1 · 1990 1 ·

Analysis

18reviewed cases analysed
46rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
3cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate opinions called questionable

Counts of a model's readings across this judge's reviewed cases, each shown on its case page beside the court's disposition. Not a finding about the judge.

Cases

  1. Mercury Casualty Co. v. Maloney D040282 · 2003-11-25 · civil · reversed
  2. People v. Godinez D011281 · 1992-01-07 · criminal · reversed