Not really. In April he kept a deadlocked jury empaneled for 4 days before declaring a mistrial ...
Then there is this from 1997 :
"Judge William Mudd’s decision to reduce the jury’s verdict of second-degree murder to voluntary manslaughter in the Danny Palm case came as a shock to prosecutors and Palm’s new defense attorney, Elizabeth Semel. Palm became a hero to some after killing neighborhood bully John Harper Jr. But Semel, who still may appeal the manslaughter conviction, told San Diego Magazine last month that she wanted Palm to get a fair hearing in the courtroom; she didn’t want to give the impression she was trying to influence the court through the press."