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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. In re Ontiveros D077905 · 2021-06-21 · criminal · writ denied
  2. People v. Goitortua CA4/1 D076772 · 2021-04-26 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Iverson CA4/1 D077556 · 2021-02-25 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Clayton CA4/1 D076177 · 2021-01-14 · criminal · modified
  5. People v. Vailes CA4/1 D076125 · 2020-12-15 · criminal · modified
  6. People v. Burns D074536 · 2019-08-14 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Millan D071437A · 2018-02-13 · criminal · reversed in part
  8. Marriage of Hill CA4/1 D066542 · 2016-09-29 · family · affirmed
  9. People v. Serebryakova CA4/1 D068006 · 2016-03-22 · other · reversed
  10. Marriage of Spath CA4/1 D066279 · 2015-10-20 · family · modified
  11. Marriage of Partida and Corpus CA4/1 D065111 · 2014-11-18 · family · affirmed
  12. Marriage of Charlebois CA4/1 D064246 · 2014-04-29 · family · affirmed