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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. Reviere CA4/2 E064950 · 2016-05-25 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Booker CA4/2 E064657 · 2016-05-16 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Cano CA4/2 E064321 · 2016-05-13 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Mincks CA4/2 E063345 · 2016-04-27 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Cabral CA4/2 E064974 · 2016-04-06 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Bush E062790 · 2016-03-22 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Paton CA4/2 E062789 · 2016-02-29 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Long CA4/2 E062513 · 2016-02-17 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Bankers Ins. Co. CA4/2 E058681 · 2016-02-11 · civil · affirmed
  10. People v. Moore CA4/2 E062780 · 2016-02-02 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Seberry CA4/2 E062849 · 2016-01-26 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Flores CA4/1 E063131 · 2016-01-26 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Wormley CA4/2 E061998 · 2016-01-14 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Ruiz CA4/2 E064398 · 2015-12-23 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Gomez E062867 · 2015-12-23 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Ceja CA4/2 E062467 · 2015-12-14 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Cooper CA4/2 E063068 · 2015-12-08 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Silvers CA4/2 E063807 · 2015-12-01 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Martinez CA4/1 D063719A · 2015-11-20 · criminal · reversed
  20. People v. Moreno CA4/2 E062614 · 2015-11-06 · criminal · reversed in part
  21. People v. Biane CA4/2 E061951M · 2015-11-06 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Worsham CA4/2 E062027 · 2015-10-30 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Page E062760A · 2015-10-23 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Page E062760 · 2015-10-23 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Chavez CA4/2 E063175 · 2015-10-16 · criminal · affirmed