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K. Michael Kirkman

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2022

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1999–2020

D
57% — 12 of 21 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 69% 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.

26cases reviewed on appeal
8%reversed, in whole or part, of 26 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 22 reversed 2 modified 2

Areas

criminal 26

By year: 2013 9 · 2014 5 · 2021 4 · 2020 2 · 2018 2 · 2016 2 · 2022 1 · 2015 1 ·

Analysis

48reviewed cases analysed
115rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
6cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate 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. Maraglino CA4/1 D077746A · 2022-11-04 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Maraglino CA4/1 D077746 · 2021-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Myers CA4/1 D077525 · 2021-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Rhodes CA4/1 D077130 · 2021-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Massett CA4/1 D077696 · 2021-01-14 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Shrofe CA4/1 D077254 · 2020-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. McKamie CA4/1 D077210 · 2020-08-18 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Rodriguez D071405 · 2018-08-08 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Torres D072610 · 2018-07-12 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Flechsenhaar CA4/1 D068964 · 2016-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Hallgren CA4/1 D068467 · 2016-06-22 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Benitez CA4/1 D067395 · 2015-06-05 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D064085 · 2014-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Korol CA4/1 D065069A · 2014-08-25 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Korol CA4/1 D065069 · 2014-08-05 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Perez CA4/1 D064821 · 2014-06-06 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Adams CA4/1 D063005 · 2014-01-21 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Evans CA4/1 D063828 · 2013-10-30 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Espinosa CA4/1 D062570 · 2013-10-18 · criminal · affirmed
  20. P. v. Rodriguez CA4/1 D062852 · 2013-06-27 · criminal · affirmed
  21. P. v. Millan CA4/1 D062562 · 2013-05-01 · criminal · affirmed
  22. P. v. Romero CA4/1 D060887 · 2013-04-30 · criminal · modified
  23. P. v. Kundrat CA4/1 D060318 · 2013-04-11 · criminal · affirmed
  24. P. v. Benites CA4/1 D061110 · 2013-03-26 · criminal · affirmed
  25. P. v. Skelton CA4/1 D062834 · 2013-03-18 · criminal · affirmed