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F. Paul Dickerson III

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2026

C+
provisional — 67% — 2 of 3 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 45% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 3 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.

32cases reviewed on appeal
23%reversed, in whole or part, of 31 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 24 reversed in part 4 reversed 3 dismissed 1

Areas

criminal 30 delinquency 2

By year: 2025 8 · 2024 5 · 2021 4 · 2013 4 · 2026 3 · 2020 2 · 2015 2 · 2023 1 · 2022 1 · 2016 1 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

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

Cases

  1. People v. Lawrence CA4/2 E085776 · 2026-09-16 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Arenas CA4/2 E085372 · 2026-09-15 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Heredia CA4/2 E086163 · 2026-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Sanchez CA4/2 E085338 · 2025-12-18 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Mendez CA4/2 E084226 · 2025-10-15 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Sanchez CA4/1 D086173 · 2025-10-13 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Mendoza-Vieyra CA4/2 E082626 · 2025-09-12 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Tarin CA4/2 E083649 · 2025-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Dintelman CA4/1 D083745 · 2025-07-25 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Estrada CA4/2 E082410 · 2025-02-11 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Torres E081367 · 2024-12-18 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Garcia CA4/3 G063919 · 2024-11-12 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Norcutt CA4/2 E082649 · 2024-07-12 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Franco CA4/2 E079952 · 2024-02-06 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Sapienza CA4/2 E077714 · 2022-12-06 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Barerras CA4/2 E074605 · 2021-06-02 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Johnson CA4/2 E074037 · 2020-11-05 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Priddy CA4/2 E074108 · 2020-11-04 · criminal · affirmed
  19. In re A.S. CA4/2 E064274 · 2016-09-12 · delinquency · affirmed
  20. People v. Lawrence CA4/2 E061931 · 2015-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Brown CA4/2 E059955 · 2014-04-03 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. C.Z. E057520 · 2013-12-11 · criminal · affirmed
  23. P. v. Hayes CA4/2 E053716 · 2013-05-09 · criminal · affirmed
  24. P. v. Laboy CA4/2 E054850 · 2013-03-07 · criminal · affirmed