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Cara D. Hutson

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2010–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2007–

F-
provisional — 33% — 2 of 6 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 96% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 6 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.

79cases reviewed on appeal
27%reversed, in whole or part, of 71 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 52 reversed 12 reversed in part 7 dismissed 4 writ denied 3 writ granted 1

Areas

dependency 48 criminal 31

By year: 2024 21 · 2025 14 · 2026 10 · 2023 7 · 2021 7 · 2022 6 · 2015 4 · 2016 3 · 2014 2 · 2013 2 · 2020 1 · 2017 1 · 2010 1 ·

Analysis

6 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. People v. Robinson CA4/2 E079032 · 2023-09-01 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Fowlkes CA4/2 E078270 · 2023-04-06 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Keel D079181 · 2022-10-21 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Orosco D079723 · 2022-08-17 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D079152 · 2022-06-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Gomez CA4/2 E075214 · 2022-04-13 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Hill CA4/2 E077475 · 2022-02-14 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Nedd CA4/2 E073575M · 2022-01-04 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. People v. Nedd CA4/2 E073575 · 2021-12-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. People v. McGee CA4/2 E073755 · 2021-09-16 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Weiss CA4/2 E073330 · 2021-06-22 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Walker CA4/2 E074727 · 2021-05-28 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Walker CA4/2 E073112 · 2021-05-24 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Daniels CA4/2 E074801 · 2021-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Gompf CA4/2 E073837 · 2021-01-06 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Salazar CA4/2 E073489 · 2020-10-27 · criminal · dismissed
  17. People v. Thomas E065260 · 2017-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Thompson CA4/2 E064726 · 2016-07-28 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Valdovinos CA4/2 E063588 · 2016-06-16 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Vong CA4/2 E062681 · 2016-04-28 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Herrera CA4/2 E061372 · 2015-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Vicario CA4/2 E060921 · 2015-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Jenkins CA4/2 E060810 · 2015-04-14 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Hicks CA4/2 E060081 · 2015-02-24 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Morales CA4/2 E057189 · 2014-06-19 · criminal · reversed in part