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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 17 Oct 2026)

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

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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

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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. Salgado CA4/1 D081441 · 2024-08-23 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Lechuga CA4/1 D079398 · 2023-01-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Evans CA4/1 D079167 · 2022-08-11 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Gutierrez D073103A · 2019-06-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Franklin D071453M · 2018-04-18 · criminal · reversed in part
  6. People v. Franklin D071453 · 2018-03-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Vorabduth CA4/1 D061714 · 2013-02-26 · criminal · reversed in part