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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. Myles CA4/2 E076505 · 2021-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Burhop E076057 · 2021-06-17 · criminal · reversed
  3. People v. Burhop CA4/2 E076057 · 2021-06-04 · criminal · reversed
  4. People v. Johns CA4/2 E075817 · 2021-04-12 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Lewis CA4/2 E075066 · 2021-03-22 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Scott CA4/2 E072974 · 2021-03-16 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Carter CA4/2 E074159 · 2021-02-11 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Johnson CA4/2 E071648M · 2020-12-04 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Hughes CA4/2 E073006 · 2020-11-20 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Johnson CA4/2 E071648 · 2020-11-18 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Marquez G058719 · 2020-10-20 · criminal · reversed
  12. People v. Rodriguez CA4/2 E074208 · 2020-09-22 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Burhop CA4/2 E073709 · 2020-08-28 · criminal · reversed
  14. People v. Bayless CA4/2 E072472 · 2020-08-20 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Costella E064374 · 2017-04-21 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Wilson CA4/2 E066154 · 2016-10-04 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Lewis CA4/2 E065162 · 2016-09-28 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Mesta CA4/2 E064343 · 2016-09-22 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Medina CA4/2 E064325 · 2016-08-25 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Sanders CA4/2 E064996 · 2016-08-10 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Fagan CA4/2 E064799 · 2016-07-13 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Jones E063745 · 2016-07-07 · criminal · reversed in part
  23. People v. Jauregui CA4/2 E063660 · 2016-07-07 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Huerta CA4/2 E064835 · 2016-06-06 · criminal · modified
  25. People v. Linneman CA4/2 E064214 · 2016-06-01 · criminal · affirmed