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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

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. Lechuga CA4/1 D079398 · 2023-01-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Johnson CA4/1 D079257 · 2022-12-02 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Jones CA4/1 D079192 · 2022-08-17 · criminal · modified
  4. People v. Evans CA4/1 D079167 · 2022-08-11 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Macias CA4/1 D078868 · 2022-07-18 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Artale CA4/1 D076797M · 2021-11-12 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Artale CA4/1 D076797 · 2021-10-15 · criminal · reversed
  8. People v. Dill CA4/1 D077315 · 2020-11-03 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Appling CA4/1 D077052 · 2020-08-21 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Gutierrez D073103A · 2019-06-05 · criminal · reversed in part
  11. People v. Franklin D071453M · 2018-04-18 · criminal · reversed in part
  12. People v. Franklin D071453 · 2018-03-26 · criminal · reversed in part
  13. People v. Temple CA4/1 D067143 · 2016-04-12 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Carver CA4/1 D066914 · 2016-01-11 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Sikes CA4/1 D067862 · 2015-10-15 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Gomez CA4/1 D066894 · 2015-10-07 · criminal · affirmed
  17. People v. Salih CA4/1 D065924 · 2015-07-24 · criminal · modified
  18. People v. Smith CA4/1 D064925 · 2015-04-30 · criminal · modified
  19. People v. Coyle CA4/1 D066217 · 2015-04-22 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Wong CA4/1 D064689 · 2015-03-20 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Hedgecock CA4/1 D064977 · 2015-02-11 · criminal · affirmed
  22. People v. Desbrow CA4/1 D064649 · 2014-12-12 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Teal CA4/1 D064959 · 2014-08-06 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Roberts CA4/1 D064542 · 2014-05-15 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Roa CA4/1 D063110 · 2013-12-02 · criminal · affirmed