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

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

People v. Superior Court (Boget) CA4/1 D080933 · 2023-01-17 · criminal · writ granted
Bracamontes v. Super. Ct. D075671 · 2019-11-15 · criminal · writ granted
Maas v. Super. Court D064639 · 2014-12-10 · criminal · writ granted