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Shawn D. Bessey

Judge · Superior Court of Stanislaus County · 2013–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus 2011–

A--
provisional — 80% — 4 of 5 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 16% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 5 so far

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.

18cases reviewed on appeal
8%reversed, in whole or part, of 13 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 10 other 3 modified 2 reversed 1 remanded 1

Areas

criminal 18

By year: 2024 3 · 2023 3 · 2022 3 · 2015 3 · 2026 2 · 2025 1 · 2016 1 · 2014 1 · 2013 1 ·

Analysis

2 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. People v. Delvillar CA5 F085963 · 2026-05-13 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Delvillar CA5 F087310 · 2026-05-13 · criminal
  3. People v. Jones CA5 F087829 · 2025-02-18 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Duran CA5 F086881 · 2024-12-10 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Rocha CA5 F085990 · 2024-07-16 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Zavala CA5 F085859 · 2024-03-06 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Amos CA5 F082941 · 2023-10-05 · criminal · other
  8. People v. Harris CA5 F083504 · 2023-05-02 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Tovar CA5 F082662 · 2023-03-14 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Gopal CA5 F084288 · 2022-12-23 · criminal · other
  11. People v. Molina CA5 F082625 · 2022-06-22 · criminal · remanded
  12. People v. Morse CA4/1 D079880 · 2022-06-10 · criminal · modified
  13. People v. The North River Ins. Co. CA5 F071965 · 2016-07-13 · criminal · affirmed
  14. In re Adrian R. CA5 F069695 · 2015-05-20 · criminal · modified
  15. In re Andrew T. CA5 F069471 · 2015-01-16 · criminal · other
  16. In re Armando A. CA5 F069407 · 2015-01-02 · criminal · affirmed
  17. In re Johnny S. CA5 F066572 · 2014-02-20 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. United States Fire Ins. Co. CA5 F064778 · 2013-12-03 · criminal · affirmed