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Stephanie Sontag

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2013–2022

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2003–2020

B+
74% — 23 of 31 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 26% 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.

33cases reviewed on appeal
7%reversed, in whole or part, of 29 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 23 modified 4 writ denied 2 dismissed 2 reversed in part 1 reversed 1

Areas

criminal 27 other 4 family 1 civil 1

By year: 2015 8 · 2016 7 · 2013 6 · 2014 5 · 2021 2 · 2020 2 · 2018 2 · 2022 1 ·

Analysis

57reviewed cases analysed
160rulings read
2rulings where the model disagrees with the court
15cases with a verified missed authority
1appellate 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. Inzunza CA4/1 D077957A · 2022-01-20 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Inzunza CA4/1 D077957 · 2021-12-15 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Yakou CA4/1 D076140 · 2021-02-26 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Montoya CA4/1 D076004 · 2020-10-13 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Beyer CA4/1 D077169 · 2020-09-25 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Chavez D069533M · 2018-04-20 · criminal · reversed in part
  7. People v. Chavez D069533 · 2018-03-28 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Cota CA4/1 D069049 · 2016-07-19 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Cota CA4/1 D069371 · 2016-07-19 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Bogarin CA4/1 D067390 · 2016-03-29 · criminal · affirmed
  11. In re Andres D067039 · 2016-02-23 · other · affirmed
  12. People v. Pineda CA4/1 D067731 · 2016-02-01 · criminal · modified
  13. People v. Trujillo CA4/1 D067338 · 2016-01-07 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Turner CA4/1 D068039 · 2016-01-06 · criminal · affirmed
  15. In re Williams D066887 · 2015-10-23 · other · writ denied
  16. People v. Gallegos CA4/1 D065337M · 2015-10-21 · criminal · affirmed
  17. In re Williams CA4/1 D066887 · 2015-10-07 · other · writ denied
  18. People v. Gallegos CA4/1 D065337 · 2015-10-05 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Lewis CA4/1 D066330 · 2015-08-19 · criminal · affirmed
  20. In re Harrell CA4/1 D065807 · 2015-03-03 · other · reversed
  21. People v. Rojas CA4/1 D065601 · 2015-03-03 · criminal · modified
  22. People v. Romero CA4/1 D065310 · 2015-01-07 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Lowry CA4/1 D064764 · 2014-10-27 · criminal · affirmed
  24. People v. Bongato CA4/1 D060283 · 2014-09-19 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Bauer CA4/1 D064208 · 2014-05-14 · criminal · affirmed