People v. Acosta

Decided August 12, 1996. Paul Turner wrote the opinion for the court.

48 Cal. App. 4th 411 · Cited 112 times

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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. Fares · 16 Cal. App. 4th 954
• People v. Lynn · 87 Cal. App. 3d 591
• Tapia v. Superior Court · 807 P.2d 434
• Andrus v. Municipal Court · 143 Cal. App. 3d 1041
• People v. Karaman · 842 P.2d 100
• Southern Service Co. v. County of Los Angeles · 15 Cal. 2d 1
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Fosselman · 659 P.2d 1144
• Evangelatos v. Superior Court · 753 P.2d 585
• Lakin v. Watkins Associated Industries · 863 P.2d 179
• People v. Jones · 857 P.2d 1163
• People v. Chi Ko Wong · 557 P.2d 976
• Freedom Newspapers, Inc. v. Orange County Employees Retirement System Board of Directors · 863 P.2d 218
• People v. Chadd · 621 P.2d 837
• Roberts v. City of Palmdale · 853 P.2d 496
• Younger v. Superior Court · 577 P.2d 1014
• People v. Sidener · 375 P.2d 641
• People v. Teron · 588 P.2d 773
• People v. Keener · 55 Cal. 2d 714
• Cossack v. City of Los Angeles · 523 P.2d 260
• Governing Board of Rialto Unified School District v. Mann · 558 P.2d 1
• Sekt v. Justice's Court · 26 Cal. 2d 297
• People v. Butler · 415 P.2d 819
• Walters v. Weed · 752 P.2d 443
• People v. Barton · 579 P.2d 1043

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• People v. Scott · 64 Cal. App. 4th 550
• People v. Taylor · 14 Cal. Rptr. 3d 550
• People v. Valenti · 243 Cal. App. 4th 1140
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• The People v. Jacobs · 220 Cal. App. 4th 67
• People v. Jones · 82 Cal. App. 4th 485
• People v. Antwon R. · 104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 473
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• Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine v. Tyson Foods, Inc. · 13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 926
• People v. Perez · 80 Cal. Rptr. 2d 188
• People v. Sylvester · 58 Cal. App. 4th 1493
• People v. Pelayo · 184 Cal. App. 4th 481
• People v. Burgess · 104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 700

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