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Bernard J. Schwartz

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2003– · , Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2000–2003

F-
40% — 10 of 25 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 92% 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.

24cases reviewed on appeal
32%reversed, in whole or part, of 22 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 12 reversed in part 5 modified 3 writ granted 2 vacated 1 reversed 1

Areas

criminal 24

By year: 2023 5 · 2021 3 · 2015 3 · 2014 3 · 2024 2 · 2022 2 · 2016 2 · 2026 1 · 2025 1 · 2019 1 · 2013 1 ·

Analysis

25reviewed cases analysed
98rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
5cases 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. People v. Ochoa CA4/1 D080014M · 2023-06-30 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Ochoa CA4/1 D080014 · 2023-06-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Welch CA4/2 E073394 · 2022-01-12 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Mendez CA4/1 D068724 · 2015-12-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Lara CA4/3 G048951 · 2014-03-04 · criminal · reversed in part