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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. Raynoha CA4/1 D078748 · 2022-04-19 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Smith CA4/1 D078320 · 2022-03-23 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Young CA4/1 D078290 · 2022-02-25 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Bernal CA4/1 D078324 · 2021-12-30 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Carrasco CA4/1 D078123 · 2021-12-22 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Vasquez CA4/1 D079010 · 2021-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Berardi CA4/1 D078050 · 2021-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Blaney CA4/1 D077935 · 2021-07-29 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Bulls CA4/1 D077170 · 2021-07-27 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Carter CA4/1 D078024 · 2021-07-12 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Ramirez CA4/1 D078364 · 2021-07-08 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Riosescalera CA4/1 D078505 · 2021-07-06 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Mercier CA4/1 D077320 · 2021-06-10 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Torkelson CA4/1 D078237 · 2021-06-09 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Brugman D076658M · 2021-04-16 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Didyavong CA4/1 D077933 · 2021-04-14 · criminal · reversed
  17. People v. Crenshaw CA4/1 D077929 · 2021-04-14 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Tittle CA4/1 D077928 · 2021-04-12 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Padilla CA4/1 D077255 · 2021-04-06 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Brugman CA4/1 D076658 · 2021-03-30 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Gauthier CA4/1 D077277 · 2021-03-26 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Flowers CA4/1 D077976 · 2021-03-18 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Valdez CA4/1 D078240 · 2021-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Milonis CA4/1 D076481 · 2020-12-16 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Beckemeyer CA4/1 D077262 · 2020-10-28 · criminal · affirmed