People v. Alvarez

Decided December 5, 1996. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

14 Cal. 4th 155 · Cited 660 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. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
• People v. Gordon · 792 P.2d 251
• People v. Hartung · 225 P.2d 614
• People v. Neely · 228 Cal. App. 2d 16
• People v. Ledesma · 729 P.2d 839
• People v. Anderson · 742 P.2d 1306
• People v. Duran · 545 P.2d 1322
• People v. Hawthorne · 841 P.2d 118
• Ingersoll v. Palmer · 743 P.2d 1299
• People v. Sawyer · 256 Cal. App. 2d 66
• People v. Memro · 905 P.2d 1305
• People v. Mickey · 818 P.2d 84
• People v. Berryman · 864 P.2d 40
• People v. Williams · 756 P.2d 221
• People v. Rowland · 841 P.2d 897
• People v. Poggi · 753 P.2d 1082
• People v. Bonin · 765 P.2d 460
• People v. Hall · 672 P.2d 854
• Barber v. Municipal Court · 598 P.2d 818
• People v. Washburn · 265 Cal. App. 2d 665
• People v. Superior Court (Romero) · 13 Cal. 4th 497
• People v. Rodrigues · 885 P.2d 1
• People v. Howard · 824 P.2d 1315
• Carlos v. Superior Court · 672 P.2d 862
• People v. Cummings · 850 P.2d 1

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• People v. Blessett · 232 Cal. Rptr. 3d 164
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• People v. Waidla · 996 P.2d 46
• People v. Carter · 117 P.3d 476
• People v. Heard · 75 P.3d 53
• People v. Ayala · 24 Cal. 243
• People v. Avila · 133 P.3d 1076
• People v. Fiu · 165 Cal. App. 4th 360
• People v. Chaney · 56 Cal. Rptr. 3d 128
• People v. Jordan · 53 Cal. Rptr. 3d 18
• People v. Tillett · 108 Cal. Rptr. 2d 76
• People v. Cole · 95 P.3d 811
• People v. Jones · 17 Cal. 4th 279
• People v. Superior Court · 59 Cal. Rptr. 3d 633
• People v. Haley · 96 P.3d 170
• People v. Turner · 109 Cal. Rptr. 2d 138
• People v. Williams · 107 Cal. Rptr. 2d 135
• People v. Breverman · 960 P.2d 1094
• People v. Lewis · 26 P.3d 34
• People v. Young · 105 P.3d 487

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