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Patricia K. Cookson

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 16, East County Court — CRIMINAL (the court's data of 01:00AM 15 Oct 2026)

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1998–

C-
62% — 49 of 79 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 56% 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.

56cases reviewed on appeal
20%reversed, in whole or part, of 56 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 39 reversed in part 7 modified 6 reversed 4

Areas

criminal 56

By year: 2025 9 · 2023 9 · 2015 7 · 2013 7 · 2026 4 · 2024 4 · 2022 4 · 2014 3 · 2021 2 · 2020 2 · 2018 2 · 2016 2 · 2019 1 ·

Analysis

100reviewed cases analysed
275rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
15cases 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. Cooper CA4/1 D085909 · 2026-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Banks CA4/1 D085817 · 2026-03-10 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Conway CA4/1 D085409 · 2026-02-10 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Cordero CA4/1 D084495 · 2026-01-28 · criminal · reversed
  5. People v. Pressley CA4/1 D084686 · 2025-12-31 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D082910 · 2025-11-03 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Folkes CA4/1 D084905 · 2025-09-02 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Hernandez CA4/1 D084189 · 2025-08-01 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Torres CA4/1 D082844 · 2025-07-18 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Mancha CA4/1 D084187 · 2025-05-20 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Roblero CA4/1 D083019M · 2025-04-01 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Roblero CA4/1 D083019 · 2025-03-14 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Murphy CA4/1 D082908 · 2025-01-13 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Tunney CA4/1 D083052 · 2024-11-27 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Salgado CA4/1 D081441 · 2024-08-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. People v. Pedroza CA4/1 D081562 · 2024-07-19 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Cain CA4/1 D081041 · 2024-03-12 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Riley CA4/1 D081531 · 2023-11-06 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Terrell CA4/1 D080224 · 2023-08-24 · criminal · modified
  20. People v. Franklin CA4/1 D081596 · 2023-07-26 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Miller CA4/1 D080999 · 2023-07-20 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Woodfill CA4/1 D079814M · 2023-07-12 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Woodfill CA4/1 D079814 · 2023-06-23 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Kenney D079227 · 2023-02-22 · criminal · modified
  25. People v. Kite D080176 · 2023-01-24 · criminal · modified