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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

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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. Brown CA4/3 G064132 · 2025-10-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Ricks CA4/1 D085921 · 2025-08-19 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Yanez CA4/2 E070556A · 2022-06-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Waxlax E074347M · 2021-12-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Waxlax E074347 · 2021-12-09 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Cruz CA4/2 E074038 · 2021-09-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Rodriguez CA4/2 E058192 · 2014-05-06 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. People v. Meraz CA4/2 E055229 · 2013-12-20 · criminal · reversed in part