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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 reviewed on appeal (every role)

  1. People v. Bryant CA4/1 D075377N · 2020-09-04 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Bryant CA4/1 D075377M · 2020-09-03 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Bryant CA4/1 D075377 · 2020-08-17 · criminal · affirmed
  4. Bracamontes v. Super. Ct. D075671 · 2019-11-15 · criminal · writ granted
  5. People v. Baker D071383 · 2018-02-22 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Hudson D068439 · 2016-08-16 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Chilcote CA4/1 D067545 · 2016-06-27 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Lenahan CA4/1 D068587 · 2016-06-22 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Alkhafaji CA4/1 D067702 · 2016-05-10 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Perez CA4/1 D068078 · 2016-04-14 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Cueto CA4/1 D067769 · 2016-04-08 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Gauthier CA4/1 D066986 · 2016-01-25 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Woods D066741M · 2015-11-02 · criminal · reversed in part
  14. People v. Woods D066741 · 2015-10-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. People v. Koulavongsa CA4/1 D066804 · 2015-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Grewell CA4/1 D064736 · 2015-08-25 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Hamilton CA4/1 D066031 · 2015-07-13 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Beckemeyer D065565 · 2015-07-02 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Beckemeyer CA4/1 D065565 · 2015-06-05 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Owens CA4/1 D066368 · 2015-05-01 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Wong CA4/1 D064689 · 2015-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Grewell CA4/1 D064736M · 2014-12-15 · criminal · affirmed
  23. Maas v. Super. Court D064639 · 2014-12-10 · criminal · writ granted
  24. People v. Odom CA4/1 D064625 · 2014-11-24 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Grewell CA4/1 D064736 · 2014-11-14 · criminal · affirmed