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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. Walker CA4/2 E060371 · 2014-07-07 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Upton CA4/2 E058258 · 2014-06-30 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Strawn CA4/2 E060685 · 2014-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Aguilera CA4/2 E059932M · 2014-06-24 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Singletary CA4/2 E059557 · 2014-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Aguilera CA4/2 E059932 · 2014-06-05 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Zimmerman CA4/2 E059076M · 2014-06-03 · criminal · modified
  8. People v. Sanns CA4/2 E059247 · 2014-05-28 · criminal · reversed
  9. People v. Johnson CA4/2 E059555 · 2014-05-21 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Vicario CA4/2 E058936 · 2014-05-21 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Alvarez CA4/2 E059923 · 2014-05-15 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Zimmerman CA4/2 E059076 · 2014-05-14 · criminal · modified
  13. People v. Chesneau CA4/2 E058954 · 2014-05-01 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Velasquez CA4/2 E059939 · 2014-04-30 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Wilson CA4/2 E059824 · 2014-04-29 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Walker CA4/2 E055383 · 2014-04-08 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Long CA4/2 E059938 · 2014-04-04 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Burton CA4/2 E059285 · 2014-04-03 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. McGee CA4/2 E059550 · 2014-03-18 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Patterson CA4/2 E060020 · 2014-03-18 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Contreras CA4/2 E056798 · 2014-03-17 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Young CA4/2 E059931 · 2014-03-11 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Scott CA4/2 E058840 · 2014-03-07 · criminal · reversed
  24. People v. West CA4/2 E059558 · 2014-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Singleton CA4/2 E058947 · 2014-02-21 · criminal · affirmed