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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 15 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. Zenquis CA4/1 D086035 · 2026-04-27 · criminal · modified
  2. People v. Clayton CA4/1 D076177 · 2021-01-14 · criminal · modified
  3. People v. Vailes CA4/1 D076125 · 2020-12-15 · criminal · modified
  4. Marriage of Spath CA4/1 D066279 · 2015-10-20 · family · modified