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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. Vega-Sanchez CA4/2 E082892A · 2025-10-08 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Chatman CA4/2 E083219A · 2025-10-01 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Miller CA4/2 E083061A · 2025-09-22 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Guerrero CA4/2 E083231A · 2025-09-18 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Milton CA4/2 E082905A · 2025-09-17 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Tobias CA4/2 E083309A · 2025-09-17 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Rodola CA4/2 E082873A · 2025-09-16 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Holloway CA4/2 E083170A · 2025-09-15 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Rhodius CA4/2 E080064A · 2025-09-12 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Smith CA4/2 E083089 · 2025-09-08 · criminal · reversed
  11. People v. Garcia E083552 · 2025-09-08 · criminal · dismissed
  12. People v. Rodas CA4/2 E083292 · 2025-09-08 · criminal · reversed
  13. People v. Hupp CA4/2 E084047 · 2025-09-05 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Brackett CA4/2 E082929 · 2025-09-04 · criminal · reversed
  15. People v. Velez CA4/2 E083730 · 2025-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Smith CA4/2 E083228 · 2025-08-05 · criminal · reversed
  17. People v. Superior Court (Valdez) E084222S · 2025-07-24 · criminal · writ granted
  18. People v. Valenzuela CA4/2 E083298 · 2025-07-14 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Caines CA4/2 E083096 · 2025-07-07 · criminal · dismissed
  20. People v. Powell CA4/2 E081537 · 2025-07-03 · criminal · reversed in part
  21. P. v. Estrada CA4/2 E083032 · 2025-07-01 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. Finnell CA4/2 E082988 · 2025-07-01 · criminal · reversed
  23. People v. Garcia CA4/2 E082932 · 2025-07-01 · criminal · reversed
  24. People v. Lee CA4/2 E082981 · 2025-07-01 · criminal · reversed
  25. People v. Robinson CA4/2 E083286 · 2025-07-01 · criminal · reversed