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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. People v. Thompson E079255 · 2024-10-25 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Williams CA4/2 E083205 · 2024-10-11 · criminal · dismissed
  3. People v. Valles CA4/2 E080982 · 2024-10-11 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Armster CA4/2 E081616 · 2024-10-09 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Martinez CA4/2 E083101 · 2024-10-04 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Sapp CA4/2 E083274 · 2024-10-04 · criminal · dismissed
  7. People v. Stapleton CA4/1 D084676 · 2024-09-26 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D084675 · 2024-09-25 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Gallardo D084179 · 2024-09-23 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Varelas CA4/3 G063291 · 2024-09-16 · criminal · reversed
  11. People v. Reaza CA4/2 E074012B · 2024-09-12 · criminal · reversed
  12. People v. Gonzales CA4/2 E082963 · 2024-09-03 · criminal · dismissed
  13. People v. Murphy CA4/1 D083154 · 2024-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Congiardo CA4/2 E082123 · 2024-08-23 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Dixon CA4/2 E081321 · 2024-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Alvarez CA4/2 E083199 · 2024-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Smith CA4/2 E081229A · 2024-07-25 · criminal · reversed
  18. People v. Smith CA4/2 E081229 · 2024-07-24 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Peralez CA4/2 E083097 · 2024-07-23 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Hernandez G063586 · 2024-07-22 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. James CA4/2 E082644 · 2024-07-15 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Chaira CA4/2 E082732 · 2024-07-11 · criminal · dismissed
  23. People v. Gonzalez D082058 · 2024-06-27 · criminal · vacated
  24. People v. Vasquez CA4/2 E081144 · 2024-06-26 · criminal · dismissed
  25. People v. Lewis CA4/2 E081272 · 2024-06-17 · criminal · affirmed