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Steven G. Counelis

Judge · 2013–2026

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2011–

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62% — 10 of 16 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 54% 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.

28cases reviewed on appeal
20%reversed, in whole or part, of 25 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 18 reversed in part 4 modified 2 dismissed 2 writ denied 1 reversed 1

Areas

criminal 28

By year: 2021 8 · 2025 4 · 2024 4 · 2022 4 · 2026 2 · 2013 2 · 2023 1 · 2018 1 · 2016 1 · 2015 1 ·

Analysis

16reviewed cases analysed
54rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
1cases 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. Strange CA4/1 D087347 · 2026-06-03 · criminal · affirmed
  2. People v. Endicott CA4/2 E085152 · 2026-02-02 · criminal · affirmed
  3. People v. Huerta CA4/1 D085991 · 2025-11-24 · criminal · reversed in part
  4. People v. Cummings CA4/1 D086176 · 2025-11-05 · criminal · affirmed
  5. People v. Escobar CA4/1 D085996 · 2025-07-21 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Valdez CA4/2 E082113 · 2025-04-02 · criminal · affirmed
  7. People v. Valdez CA4/2 E082110 · 2024-08-22 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Newton CA4/1 D081756 · 2024-07-31 · criminal · reversed in part
  9. People v. Fischer CA4/2 E082211 · 2024-06-26 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Pena CA4/1 D083317 · 2024-06-18 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Vicente CA4/2 E079594 · 2023-10-23 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Rowland CA4/1 D079153 · 2022-07-28 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Hill CA4/2 E075324 · 2022-05-25 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Montecastro CA4/2 E076584 · 2022-05-11 · criminal · dismissed
  15. People v. Yates CA4/2 E075152 · 2022-01-25 · criminal · reversed in part
  16. People v. Mascio CA4/1 D078644 · 2021-12-09 · criminal · reversed in part
  17. People v. Andrus CA4/2 E075354 · 2021-10-04 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Miranda CA4/2 E074974 · 2021-09-28 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Santanabollas CA4/2 E075528 · 2021-09-07 · criminal · affirmed
  20. People v. Beck CA4/2 E073170 · 2021-07-09 · criminal · dismissed
  21. People v. Yen CA4/2 E074333 · 2021-05-14 · criminal · modified
  22. People v. Loya CA4/2 E074881 · 2021-02-04 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Pierson CA4/2 E073784 · 2021-02-03 · criminal · modified
  24. Heidary v. Superior Court E068607 · 2018-08-14 · criminal · writ denied
  25. People v. Reyes CA4/2 E063226 · 2016-06-23 · criminal · affirmed