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James S. Hawkins

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2004–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 1998–2017

B-
71% — 15 of 21 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 33% 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.

59cases reviewed on appeal
20%reversed, in whole or part, of 55 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 39 reversed in part 8 modified 5 reversed 3 writ granted 2 other 1 dismissed 1

Areas

criminal 59

By year: 2022 7 · 2021 7 · 2015 7 · 2014 7 · 2025 6 · 2013 6 · 2026 5 · 2020 4 · 2016 4 · 2024 2 · 2023 2 · 2006 1 · 2004 1 ·

Analysis

22reviewed cases analysed
74rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
2cases 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. Hernandez CA4/2 E084609 · 2026-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Fidler CA4/1 D087149 · 2026-04-22 · criminal · modified
  3. People v. German CA4/1 D087612 · 2026-04-08 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Hale CA4/1 D086602 · 2026-02-17 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Marquez CA4/1 D086920 · 2026-01-28 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Torrez CA4/1 D086921 · 2025-12-05 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Rojas CA4/1 D084251 · 2025-11-26 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Brown CA4/3 G064132 · 2025-10-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. People v. Ricks CA4/1 D085921 · 2025-08-19 · criminal · reversed in part
  10. People v. Yax CA4/2 E081593 · 2025-06-06 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Towner CA4/2 E082736 · 2025-02-07 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Ruiz CA4/3 G063249 · 2024-11-25 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Reid G064127 · 2024-09-25 · criminal · reversed
  14. People v. Macias CA4/2 E078791 · 2023-05-05 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Wilson D080920 · 2023-03-29 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Burnette CA4/2 E077419 · 2022-11-29 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Medina CA4/2 E077202 · 2022-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Delgado CA4/2 E077032 · 2022-08-11 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Mendez CA4/1 D078710 · 2022-07-07 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Arriaga CA4/2 E077258 · 2022-07-05 · criminal · dismissed
  21. People v. Yanez CA4/2 E070556A · 2022-06-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  22. In re Sambrano E078147 · 2022-06-09 · criminal · writ granted
  23. People v. Waxlax E074347M · 2021-12-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. People v. Waxlax E074347 · 2021-12-09 · criminal · reversed in part
  25. People v. Bolanos CA4/1 D078363 · 2021-10-18 · criminal · affirmed