People v. Alcalde

Decided April 26, 1944. Roger J. Traynor wrote the opinion for the court.

24 Cal. 2d 177 · Cited 154 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.

• Mutual Life Insurance v. Hillmon · 145 U.S. 285
• Shepard v. United States · 290 U.S. 96
• McNamara v. McNamara · 183 P. 552
• Estate of Carson · 194 P. 5
• People v. Thomas · 197 P. 677
• People v. Newland · 15 Cal. 2d 678
• People v. Putnam · 20 Cal. 2d 885
• Adkins v. Brett · 193 P. 251
• Snowball v. Snowball · 107 P. 598
• People v. Burke · 122 P. 435
• People v. Latona · 2 Cal. 2d 714
• People v. Lapara · 183 P. 545
• People v. Watts · 247 P. 884
• People v. Wright · 138 P. 349
• People v. Thomson · 92 Cal. 506
• People v. Lamson · 1 Cal. 2d 648
• People v. Nagy · 248 P. 906
• Union Oil Co. v. Stewart · 110 P. 313
• Benjamin v. District Grand Lodge No. 4 · 152 P. 731
• Bridge v. Ruggles · 260 P. 553
• People v. Wong Chuey · 117 Cal. 624
• People v. McGann · 230 P. 169
• People v. Scoggins · 37 Cal. 676
• People v. Alivtre · 55 Cal. 263

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• People v. Weatherford · 27 Cal. 2d 401
• People v. . Jones · 13 Cal. 4th 535
• People v. Vinson · 121 Cal. App. 3d 80
• People v. Williams · 16 Cal. 4th 153
• People v. Bufarale · 193 Cal. App. 2d 551
• United States v. Layton · 549 F. Supp. 903
• People v. Neufer · 30 Cal. App. 4th 244
• People v. Chenault · 74 Cal. App. 2d 487
• People v. Pearl · 211 Cal. App. 2d 783
• People v. Rodriquez · 213 Cal. App. 2d 555
• Smith v. Slifer · 1 Cal. App. 3d 748
• People v. Hawthorne · 841 P.2d 118
• People v. Vogel · 46 Cal. 2d 798
• Paulson v. Superior Court · 58 Cal. 2d 1
• People v. Horowitz · 70 Cal. App. 2d 675
• State v. O'DANIEL · 616 P.2d 1383
• State v. Cugliata · 372 A.2d 1019
• People v. Lee · 38 Cal. App. 3d 749
• People v. Swain · 200 Cal. App. 2d 344
• People v. Bryant, Smith and Wheeler · 60 Cal. 4th 335
• People v. Ireland · 450 P.2d 580

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