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John M. Thompson

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 1994–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 12, East County Court — CRIMINAL (the court's data of 01:00AM 17 Oct 2026)

, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1988–1992

D
56% — 79 of 141 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 71% 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.

115cases reviewed on appeal
22%reversed, in whole or part, of 110 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 81 reversed 17 reversed in part 7 modified 5 writ granted 3 dismissed 2

Areas

criminal 115

By year: 2021 20 · 2025 14 · 2024 12 · 2023 10 · 2014 10 · 2022 9 · 2015 9 · 2026 8 · 2016 7 · 2020 5 · 2013 5 · 2019 1 · 2018 1 · 2003 1 · 1996 1 · 1995 1 · 1994 1 ·

Analysis

204reviewed cases analysed
491rulings read
2rulings where the model disagrees with the court
36cases 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. Norris CA4/1 D085100 · 2026-07-22 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. White CA4/1 D084674 · 2026-05-05 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Woods CA4/1 D085646 · 2026-01-09 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Daniels CA4/1 D083366 · 2025-12-24 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Ferris CA4/1 D084097 · 2025-12-24 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Torkelson CA4/1 D084188 · 2025-10-21 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Vasquez CA4/1 D083747M · 2025-10-13 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Vasquez CA4/1 D083747 · 2025-09-15 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Bowman CA4/1 D083541 · 2025-08-29 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Souvannavong CA4/1 D084719 · 2025-08-29 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Paen CA4/1 D084396 · 2025-08-14 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Reyes CA4/1 D084210 · 2025-04-10 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Blaney CA4/1 D083910 · 2025-04-03 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Chandler CA4/1 D082551 · 2025-03-07 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Bueno CA4/1 D082472 · 2024-12-12 · criminal · affirmed
  16. P v. Bogus CA4/1 D082118 · 2024-11-19 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Madrid CA4/1 D082585 · 2024-08-23 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Snow CA4/1 D081968 · 2024-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Ortega CA4/1 D081407 · 2024-05-14 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Stuhler CA4/1 D082821 · 2024-04-02 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Maldonado CA4/1 D081541 · 2024-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Raynoha CA4/1 D082107 · 2024-01-25 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Brown CA4/1 D079830 · 2023-11-30 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Zena CA4/1 D080795 · 2023-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Webb D080147 · 2023-04-14 · criminal · affirmed