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Kenneth K. So

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2004–2025

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

  1. City of San Diego v. KEVIN B. D041918 · 2004-05-19 · civil · other