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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. Walker CA4/1 D064418 · 2014-09-18 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Roberson CA4/1 D065372 · 2014-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Roberts CA4/1 D064542 · 2014-05-15 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Riley CA4/1 D064572 · 2014-05-13 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Perez CA4/1 D062876 · 2014-03-06 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Carter CA4/1 D062981 · 2014-01-29 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Piepenbrink CA4/1 D063617 · 2013-11-14 · criminal · affirmed
  8. P. v. Inscore CA4/1 D062644 · 2013-07-15 · criminal · modified
  9. P. v. Shammam CA4/1 D061462 · 2013-06-04 · criminal · affirmed
  10. P. v. Lee CA4/1 D062040 · 2013-04-05 · criminal · affirmed
  11. P. v. Rosado CA4/1 D062684 · 2013-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Henderson D040622 · 2003-07-17 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Clark D024394 · 1996-11-21 · criminal · dismissed
  14. People v. Gooch D020400 · 1995-03-30 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Bernard D018363 · 1994-08-03 · criminal · affirmed