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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. Anderson CA4/2 E058261 · 2013-11-21 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Aguayo CA4/2 E058421 · 2013-11-21 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Payan CA4/2 E058949 · 2013-11-20 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Rice CA4/2 E058847 · 2013-11-20 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Robinson CA4/2 E058842 · 2013-11-15 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Valles CA4/2 E058816 · 2013-11-15 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Barker CA4/2 E058685 · 2013-11-13 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Smith CA4/2 E059016 · 2013-10-29 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Divincenzo CA4/2 E058542 · 2013-10-09 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Chavez CA4/2 E058687 · 2013-10-08 · criminal · affirmed
  11. The People v. Reliford CA4/2 E058274 · 2013-09-24 · criminal · affirmed
  12. The People v. Irby CA4/2 E058543 · 2013-09-24 · criminal · affirmed
  13. The People v. Poslof CA4/2 E058866 · 2013-09-24 · criminal · affirmed
  14. The People v. Fraher CA4/2 E058260 · 2013-09-13 · criminal · affirmed
  15. The People v. Davidson CA4/2 E058354 · 2013-09-12 · criminal · affirmed
  16. The People v. Strickland CA4/2 E058868 · 2013-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  17. The People v. Ingram CA4/2 E058381 · 2013-08-27 · criminal · affirmed
  18. P. v. Lockhart CA4/2 E058210 · 2013-07-17 · criminal · affirmed
  19. P. v. Singleton CA4/2 E058287 · 2013-06-26 · criminal · affirmed
  20. P. v. Smith CA4/2 E058380 · 2013-06-26 · criminal · affirmed
  21. P. v. Green CA4/2 E054565 · 2013-03-13 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. McNeal E041226 · 2007-09-21 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Cook S042659 · 2007-05-17 · criminal · affirmed