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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. Salvo CA4/2 E062474 · 2015-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Nash CA4/2 E062644 · 2015-04-09 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Segovia CA4/2 E061468 · 2015-03-05 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Marrero CA4/2 E061300 · 2015-03-03 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Gallion CA4/1 D066361 · 2015-02-26 · criminal · modified
  6. People v. Ayala CA4/2 E061057 · 2015-01-14 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Weaver CA4/2 E060930 · 2014-12-26 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Matthews CA4/2 E059596 · 2014-12-18 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Rodriguez CA4/2 E061139 · 2014-12-04 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Anthony E058264N · 2014-11-12 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Anthony E058264M · 2014-10-30 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Anthony E058264 · 2014-10-24 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Acosta CA4/2 E061301 · 2014-10-15 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Nickerson CA4/3 G049405 · 2014-10-01 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Whit CA4/2 E060571 · 2014-09-30 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Harris CA4/1 D066166 · 2014-09-29 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Woods CA4/2 E060372 · 2014-08-25 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Dawson CA4/2 E060590 · 2014-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. James CA4/2 E060591 · 2014-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Morales CA4/2 E060545 · 2014-07-31 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Lewis CA4/2 E058862 · 2014-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Wallace CA4/2 E060334 · 2014-07-18 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Aguirre CA4/1 D065619 · 2014-07-17 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Gonzalez CA4/2 E058948 · 2014-07-16 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. McKinnon CA4/2 E059823 · 2014-07-16 · criminal · affirmed