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Steven E. Stone

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 2014–2026

Sitting now: Dept. 1801, Central Courthouse — CRIMINAL TRIALS (the court's data of 01:00AM 12 Oct 2026)

C++
67% — 33 of 49 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 42% 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.

37cases reviewed on appeal
18%reversed, in whole or part, of 34 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 24 modified 4 writ denied 3 reversed in part 3 reversed 3

Areas

criminal 30 family 4 other 3

By year: 2024 8 · 2021 6 · 2022 5 · 2026 4 · 2025 4 · 2023 2 · 2016 2 · 2014 2 · 2020 1 · 2019 1 · 2018 1 · 2015 1 ·

Analysis

68reviewed cases analysed
179rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
8cases 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. Bryant CA4/1 D086415 · 2026-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Bryant CA4/1 D086409 · 2026-05-21 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Cook CA4/1 D085005 · 2026-04-30 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Zenquis CA4/1 D086035 · 2026-04-27 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. German CA4/1 D082871 · 2025-10-30 · other · affirmed
  6. People v. Hart D083280 · 2025-08-29 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Evan CA4/1 D084910 · 2025-08-29 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Freed CA4/1 D082987 · 2025-02-07 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Littlejohn CA4/1 D082357 · 2024-12-06 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Valentine CA4/1 D082627 · 2024-11-27 · criminal · reversed
  11. P. v. Hernandez CA4/1 D081871 · 2024-10-18 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Tellechea CA4/1 D081978 · 2024-09-11 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Banks CA4/1 D081736 · 2024-06-26 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Cook CA4/1 D082388 · 2024-05-29 · criminal · affirmed
  15. People v. Lee CA4/1 D081084 · 2024-05-23 · criminal · affirmed
  16. People v. Adam CA4/1 D082400 · 2024-03-26 · other · affirmed
  17. People v. Burns CA4/1 D080239 · 2023-06-06 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Ratkevich CA4/1 D080255 · 2023-03-17 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Sosa CA4/1 D079361 · 2022-08-30 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Pardew CA4/1 D080106 · 2022-08-10 · criminal · affirmed
  21. People v. Burgess CA4/1 D078156A · 2022-06-10 · criminal · reversed in part
  22. In re Ontiveros CA4/1 D077905A · 2022-05-18 · criminal · writ denied
  23. People v. Burgess CA4/1 D078156 · 2022-04-26 · criminal · affirmed
  24. Valderas v. Super. Ct. D078735 · 2021-11-30 · criminal · writ denied
  25. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D077199 · 2021-09-20 · criminal · affirmed