Steve Malone
A--
80% — 8 of 10 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 16% 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.
51cases reviewed on appeal
30%reversed, in whole or part, of 47 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 31 reversed in part 7 reversed 7 modified 2 dismissed 2 writ granted 1 other 1
Areas
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Analysis
14reviewed cases analysed
48rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
3cases 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
- People v. Morales CA4/2
- People v. Williams CA4/1
- People v. Wise CA4/2
- People v. Ibanez CA4/2
- People v. Koerber CA4/1
- People v. Perez CA4/1
- People v. Scott CA4/3
- People v. Holmes CA4/2
- People v. Hernandez CA4/2
- People v. Mendoza CA4/1
- People v. Chambers CA4/3
- People v. Lopez CA4/2
- People v. Smith CA4/3
- People v. Tolbert CA4/2
- People v. Tolbert CA4/2
- People v. Marrero CA4/2
- People v. Wright CA4/1
- People v. Green CA4/2
- People v. Schumann CA4/2
- People v. Garcia CA4/2
- People v. Venable
- People v. Craig CA4/2
- People v. Venable CA4/2
- People v. Ramos CA4/2
- People v. Jimenez