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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. Biane CA4/2 E061951 · 2015-10-14 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Jakul CA4/1 D067697 · 2015-10-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Ratcliff CA4/2 E062737 · 2015-09-15 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Amaya E060218M · 2015-09-09 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Mesa CA4/2 E063375 · 2015-09-04 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Lopez CA4/2 E062763 · 2015-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Baldenegro CA4/2 E063077 · 2015-08-24 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Scott CA4/2 E063237 · 2015-08-24 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Anderson CA4/2 E063151 · 2015-08-20 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Amaya E060218 · 2015-08-11 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Fields CA4/2 E062738 · 2015-07-30 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. McGraw CA4/2 E062615 · 2015-07-24 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Romero CA4/2 E062609 · 2015-07-24 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Lewis CA4/2 E060430 · 2015-07-23 · criminal · reversed
  15. People v. Gaines CA4/2 E062783 · 2015-07-20 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Garland CA4/2 E062899 · 2015-06-12 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Collins CA4/2 E061964 · 2015-06-10 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Sutton CA4/2 E062585 · 2015-06-08 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Walker CA4/3 G050683 · 2015-05-28 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Young CA4/2 E062610 · 2015-05-18 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Arnett CA4/3 G051101 · 2015-05-14 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Thomas CA4/2 E062283 · 2015-05-13 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Valdez CA4/2 E060673 · 2015-05-12 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Winters CA4/1 D065472 · 2015-05-07 · criminal · reversed
  25. People v. Fierro CA4/2 E062496 · 2015-05-06 · criminal · affirmed