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William Jefferson Powell IV

Judge · Superior Court of San Bernardino County · 2013–2025

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino 2006–

F--
30% — 3 of 10 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 97% 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.

40cases reviewed on appeal
19%reversed, in whole or part, of 36 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 23 modified 6 reversed in part 4 reversed 3 dismissed 3 writ denied 1

Areas

criminal 40

By year: 2015 13 · 2014 8 · 2016 6 · 2021 4 · 2022 3 · 2025 2 · 2023 2 · 2024 1 · 2013 1 ·

Analysis

18reviewed cases analysed
58rulings read
1rulings where the model disagrees with the court
4cases 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. Barnes CA4/2 E060922 · 2015-07-16 · criminal · reversed in part
  2. People v. Villesca CA4/1 D066700 · 2015-06-08 · criminal · reversed in part
  3. People v. Gomez CA4/2 E061234 · 2015-05-11 · criminal · affirmed
  4. People v. Rodriguez CA4/2 E058377 · 2015-04-21 · criminal · reversed in part
  5. People v. Bryson CA4/2 E060158 · 2015-04-15 · criminal · affirmed
  6. People v. Alvarado CA4/1 D066501 · 2015-01-15 · criminal · reversed
  7. People v. Romero CA4/2 E060004 · 2014-10-31 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Covington CA4/2 E059389 · 2014-09-12 · criminal · modified
  9. People v. Lynch CA4/1 D065266 · 2014-08-15 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Tarango CA4/2 E059031 · 2014-05-22 · criminal · dismissed
  11. People v. Harris E058521 · 2014-02-25 · criminal · affirmed
  12. People v. Sheridan CA4/2 E058584 · 2014-01-31 · criminal · affirmed
  13. People v. Olivas CA4/2 E059007 · 2014-01-22 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Camarena CA4/2 E057835 · 2014-01-14 · criminal · reversed
  15. P. v. Lockwood CA4/2 E056367 · 2013-06-05 · criminal · affirmed