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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. Minjarez CA4/2 E075587 · 2021-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Cruz CA4/2 E074038 · 2021-09-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Ramirez CA4/2 E074428 · 2021-07-15 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Diaz CA4/2 E072522 · 2021-05-10 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Archuleta CA4/2 E072903 · 2020-09-23 · criminal · modified
  6. People v. Chen E071585 · 2020-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Yanez E070556M · 2020-02-10 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Yanez E070556 · 2020-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Ryan CA4/2 E065061 · 2016-07-06 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Burgos CA4/2 E064698 · 2016-03-23 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Meraz CA4/2 E061584 · 2016-02-10 · criminal · reversed
  12. People v. Martin CA4/2 E062562 · 2016-01-22 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Lopez CA4/2 E062511 · 2015-12-23 · criminal · modified
  14. People v. Wolfgang E059661 · 2015-10-05 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Reynolds CA4/3 G048622 · 2015-09-29 · criminal · modified
  16. Smith v. Super. Ct. CA4/2 E063336 · 2015-07-07 · criminal · writ granted
  17. People v. Oudin and Gibbs CA4/3 G050682 · 2015-06-12 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Pena CA4/1 D066481 · 2015-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Sullivan CA4/2 E060157 · 2015-02-11 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Brown E059809 · 2014-10-30 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Hann CA4/2 E059615 · 2014-10-17 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Hernandez CA4/2 E060549 · 2014-07-22 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Martin CA4/2 E058888 · 2014-07-21 · criminal · reversed
  24. People v. Rodriguez CA4/2 E058192 · 2014-05-06 · criminal · reversed in part
  25. People v. Cornejo CA4/2 E058617 · 2014-04-28 · criminal · affirmed