Johnson v. Superior Court

Decided September 19, 1975. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

539 P.2d 792 · Cited 147 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• People v. Uhlemann · 511 P.2d 609
• United States v. Dionisio · 410 U.S. 1
• Serrano v. Priest · 487 P.2d 1241
• Baxstrom v. Herold · 383 U.S. 107
• Hoffman v. United States · 341 U.S. 479
• Jackson v. Indiana · 406 U.S. 715
• Humphrey v. Cady · 405 U.S. 504
• People v. Vickers · 503 P.2d 1313
• Jaffe v. Stone · 18 Cal. 2d 146
• In Re Antazo · 473 P.2d 999
• Westbrook v. Mihaly · 471 P.2d 487
• People v. Gary W. · 486 P.2d 1201
• Jennings v. Superior Court · 66 Cal. 2d 867
• People v. Sirhan · 497 P.2d 1121
• People v. Feagley · 535 P.2d 373
• Jones v. Superior Court · 483 P.2d 1241
• In Re Franklin · 496 P.2d 465
• In Re Ferguson · 487 P.2d 1234
• People v. Kiihoa · 53 Cal. 2d 748
• People v. Doherty · 429 P.2d 177
• People v. Ruthford · 534 P.2d 1341
• People v. Modesto · 66 Cal. 2d 695
• In Re Law · 513 P.2d 621
• People v. SUPERIOR COURT (1973 GRAND JURY) · 531 P.2d 761
• Gee v. Brown · 536 P.2d 1017

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• McGill v. Superior Court · 195 Cal. App. 4th 1454
• Page v. Superior Court · 90 Cal. App. 3d 959
• People v. Snow · 72 Cal. App. 3d 950
• People v. Gnass · 125 Cal. Rptr. 2d 225
• Martinez v. Superior Court · 106 Cal. App. 3d 975
• People v. Saam · 106 Cal. App. 3d 789
• Frink v. State · 597 P.2d 154
• Cummiskey v. Superior Court · 839 P.2d 1059
• Berardi v. Superior Court · 57 Cal. Rptr. 3d 170
• United States v. Phillips Petroleum Co. · 435 F. Supp. 610
• Hawkins v. Superior Court · 586 P.2d 916
• Avitia v. Superior Court of San Joaquin Cnty. · 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 530
• People v. Battin · 77 Cal. App. 3d 635
• People v. McAlister · 54 Cal. App. 3d 918
• Sherwood v. Superior Court · 593 P.2d 862
• Preston v. State · 615 P.2d 594
• State v. Edmonson · 743 P.2d 459
• Clark v. State · 781 A.2d 913
• Gieffels v. State · 590 P.2d 55
• Breceda v. Superior Court · 215 Cal. App. 4th 934
• Buzbee v. Donnelly · 634 P.2d 1244
• People v. Remiro · 89 Cal. App. 3d 809
• People v. Backus · 590 P.2d 837
• People v. Vallerga · 67 Cal. App. 3d 847
• People v. Skelton · 109 Cal. App. 3d 691

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