Kenneth K. So
Presiding Justice, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2007–2009
C++
67% — 45 of 67 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 43% 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.
56cases reviewed on appeal
28%reversed, in whole or part, of 53 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 32 reversed in part 9 reversed 6 modified 6 writ granted 1 other 1 dismissed 1
Areas
criminal 53 delinquency 2 civil 1
By year: 2015 12 · 2022 10 · 2016 8 · 2023 6 · 2014 5 · 2013 4 · 2024 3 · 2021 2 · 2017 2 · 2025 1 · 2020 1 · 2018 1 · 2004 1 ·
Analysis
98reviewed cases analysed
278rulings read
2rulings where the model disagrees with the court
23cases 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
- People v. Hernandez CA4/1
- People v. Ludwig CA4/1
- People v. Quiroz CA4/1
- People v. Carter CA4/1
- People v. Jenkins
- People v. Carre CA4/1
- People v. Burris CA4/1
- People v. Ellis CA4/1
- People v. Cervantes CA4/1
- People v. Jones CA4/1
- People v. Shamasha CA4/1
- People v. Hill CA4/1
- People v. Christopher CA4/1
- People v. Gerson
- People v. Gillespie CA4/1
- People v. Cervantes CA4/1
- People v. Pace CA4/1
- People v. Woods CA4/1
- People v. Padilla CA4/1
- People v. Gerson
- People v. Mumin
- People v. Sidney CA4/1
- People v. Halbert CA4/1
- People v. Wolf
- Facebook v. Superior Court