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Kawika Smith

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2022–2026

A--
provisional — 80% — 4 of 5 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 16% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 5 so far

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.

25cases reviewed on appeal
24%reversed, in whole or part, of 17 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 13 dismissed 8 reversed 3 reversed in part 1

Areas

criminal 25

By year: 2024 9 · 2023 9 · 2026 4 · 2025 2 · 2022 1 ·

Analysis

4 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. People v. Franke CA4/2 E079559 · 2024-01-04 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Adams CA4/2 E079691 · 2023-10-26 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Tridente CA4/2 E079254 · 2023-07-11 · criminal · reversed