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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. Patton CA4/1 D081832 · 2024-09-25 · criminal · modified
  2. People v. Yancy CA4/1 D081382 · 2024-08-30 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Madrid CA4/1 D082585 · 2024-08-23 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Bueno CA4/1 D083046 · 2024-07-31 · criminal · dismissed
  5. People v. Snow CA4/1 D081968 · 2024-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Ortega CA4/1 D081407 · 2024-05-14 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Stuhler CA4/1 D082821 · 2024-04-02 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Maldonado CA4/1 D081541 · 2024-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Raynoha CA4/1 D082107 · 2024-01-25 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Brown CA4/1 D079830 · 2023-11-30 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Pettijohn CA4/1 D080752 · 2023-11-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. Zena CA4/1 D080795 · 2023-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Souvannavong CA4/1 D081511 · 2023-08-08 · criminal · reversed
  14. People v. Webb D080147 · 2023-04-14 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Didyavong D079712 · 2023-04-07 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Superior Court (Boget) CA4/1 D080933 · 2023-01-17 · criminal · writ granted
  17. People v. Nash D079539 · 2023-01-13 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Smith CA4/1 D078320A · 2023-01-06 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Bernal CA4/1 D078324A · 2023-01-06 · criminal · reversed
  20. People v. Lacroix CA4/1 D080497 · 2022-12-09 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Carter CA4/1 D078024A · 2022-11-30 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. Torkelson CA4/1 D078237M · 2022-11-30 · criminal · reversed
  23. People v. Torkelson CA4/1 D078237A · 2022-11-10 · criminal · reversed
  24. People v. Heard D079237 · 2022-09-20 · criminal · reversed
  25. People v. Gomez CA4/1 D079134 · 2022-07-22 · criminal · affirmed