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John D. Molloy

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2026

C++
67% — 33 of 49 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 42% 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.

459cases reviewed on appeal
35%reversed, in whole or part, of 418 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 265 reversed 132 dismissed 34 reversed in part 11 modified 8 writ granted 4 writ denied 2 vacated 2 remanded 1

Areas

criminal 454 civil 5

By year: 2025 100 · 2022 80 · 2021 75 · 2023 67 · 2024 63 · 2020 47 · 2026 11 · 2013 7 · 2016 3 · 2014 3 · 2019 1 · 2018 1 · 2017 1 ·

Analysis

76reviewed cases analysed
153rulings read
2rulings where the model disagrees with the court
18cases with a verified missed authority
1appellate 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. Probus CA4/2 E083063A · 2026-09-16 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Terrazas CA4/2 E087589 · 2026-07-28 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Amaya CA4/2 E084767 · 2026-06-18 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Henry CA4/2 E083033 · 2026-04-03 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Hernandez CA4/2 E084763 · 2026-03-30 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Patton CA4/2 E084104 · 2026-03-16 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. McCloud CA4/2 E083402 · 2026-02-25 · criminal · modified
  8. People v. Green CA4/2 E084337 · 2026-02-13 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Pena CA4/2 E083561 · 2026-02-10 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Qiao v. Chang CA4/2 E085692 · 2026-02-05 · civil · affirmed
  11. People v. Jones CA4/3 G064545 · 2026-01-13 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Jackson CA4/2 E083072A · 2025-12-11 · criminal · reversed
  13. People v. Muwwakkil CA4/2 E083924 · 2025-12-04 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Owens CA4/2 E083675 · 2025-12-04 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Larson CA4/2 E083509 · 2025-12-04 · criminal · reversed
  16. People v. Coryell CA4/2 E084651 · 2025-11-18 · criminal · reversed
  17. People v. Zavala CA4/2 E083341 · 2025-11-13 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Bowman CA4/2 E083016A · 2025-11-07 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Valenzuela CA4/2 E083299A · 2025-10-30 · criminal · reversed
  20. People v. Noriega CA4/2 E082986A · 2025-10-30 · criminal · reversed
  21. People v. Olvera CA4/2 E083233A · 2025-10-30 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. Fields CA4/2 E083232A · 2025-10-27 · criminal · reversed
  23. People v. Smith CA4/2 E081229B · 2025-10-27 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Garcia CA4/2 E083052A · 2025-10-09 · criminal · reversed
  25. People v. McKean E083029 · 2025-10-09 · criminal · affirmed