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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

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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

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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. Gelturan CA4/1 D086816 · 2026-04-13 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D085194 · 2026-03-27 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D084653 · 2026-02-25 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Carrasco CA4/1 D082127 · 2024-10-23 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Souvannavong CA4/1 D081511 · 2023-08-08 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Smith CA4/1 D078320A · 2023-01-06 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Bernal CA4/1 D078324A · 2023-01-06 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Carter CA4/1 D078024A · 2022-11-30 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Torkelson CA4/1 D078237M · 2022-11-30 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Torkelson CA4/1 D078237A · 2022-11-10 · criminal · reversed
  11. People v. Heard D079237 · 2022-09-20 · criminal · reversed
  12. People v. Raynoha CA4/1 D078748 · 2022-04-19 · criminal · reversed
  13. People v. Young CA4/1 D078290 · 2022-02-25 · criminal · reversed
  14. People v. Bernal CA4/1 D078324 · 2021-12-30 · criminal · reversed
  15. People v. Didyavong CA4/1 D077933 · 2021-04-14 · criminal · reversed
  16. People v. Lenahan CA4/1 D068587 · 2016-06-22 · criminal · reversed
  17. People v. Carter CA4/1 D062981 · 2014-01-29 · criminal · reversed