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Michael A. Smith

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2007–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 1987–2010

D++
60% — 15 of 25 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 62% 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.

223cases reviewed on appeal
16%reversed, in whole or part, of 219 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 180 reversed 22 reversed in part 13 modified 4 dismissed 3 other 1

Areas

criminal 222 civil 1

By year: 2014 60 · 2015 43 · 2013 30 · 2016 23 · 2026 11 · 2022 11 · 2025 10 · 2021 10 · 2024 8 · 2023 7 · 2020 7 · 2007 2 · 2017 1 ·

Analysis

32reviewed cases analysed
104rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
8cases 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. Magallenez CA4/2 E086215 · 2026-09-04 · criminal · reversed
  2. People v. Rinke CA4/2 E085062 · 2026-02-25 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Ransom CA4/2 E083988 · 2025-08-08 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Ware CA4/2 E080791 · 2024-05-31 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Thomas CA4/2 E080674 · 2024-01-02 · criminal · reversed
  6. People v. Marquez CA4/3 G060921 · 2023-03-24 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Myles CA4/2 E076505A · 2022-11-17 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Carter CA4/2 E074159A · 2022-11-08 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Gonzales CA4/1 D078349 · 2022-10-13 · criminal · reversed
  10. People v. Noordman CA4/2 E076063A · 2022-02-24 · criminal · reversed
  11. People v. Lozolla CA4/2 E076232 · 2021-11-22 · criminal · reversed
  12. People v. Montes E075064 · 2021-10-07 · criminal · reversed
  13. People v. Burhop E076057 · 2021-06-17 · criminal · reversed
  14. People v. Burhop CA4/2 E076057 · 2021-06-04 · criminal · reversed
  15. People v. Johns CA4/2 E075817 · 2021-04-12 · criminal · reversed
  16. People v. Marquez G058719 · 2020-10-20 · criminal · reversed
  17. People v. Burhop CA4/2 E073709 · 2020-08-28 · criminal · reversed
  18. People v. Martinez CA4/1 D063719A · 2015-11-20 · criminal · reversed
  19. People v. Lewis CA4/2 E060430 · 2015-07-23 · criminal · reversed
  20. People v. Winters CA4/1 D065472 · 2015-05-07 · criminal · reversed
  21. People v. Sanns CA4/2 E059247 · 2014-05-28 · criminal · reversed
  22. People v. Scott CA4/2 E058840 · 2014-03-07 · criminal · reversed