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Mark E. Johnson

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2013–2025

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2009–

F-
38% — 8 of 21 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 94% 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.

39cases reviewed on appeal
24%reversed, in whole or part, of 37 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 25 reversed in part 7 modified 3 writ denied 2 reversed 2

Areas

criminal 34 civil 5

By year: 2022 8 · 2024 7 · 2013 5 · 2021 4 · 2015 4 · 2014 3 · 2023 2 · 2016 2 · 2025 1 · 2020 1 · 2019 1 · 2017 1 ·

Analysis

20reviewed cases analysed
54rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
1cases 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. Garcia-Zazueta CA4/1 D085718 · 2025-05-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Paz CA4/1 D084308 · 2024-12-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D082241 · 2024-05-31 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Fitch CA4/1 D078987 · 2022-07-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Mabe CA4/2 E075317 · 2021-10-28 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Gates CA4/3 G049834 · 2014-07-11 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. The People v. Santana CA44/1 D059013A · 2013-09-11 · criminal · reversed in part