People v. Avila

Decided June 15, 2009. Ming William Chin wrote the opinion for the court.

46 Cal. 4th 680 · Cited 681 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.

• Keenan v. Superior Court · 640 P.2d 108
• People v. Cole · 95 P.3d 811
• People v. Vieira · 106 P.3d 990
• People v. Guerra · 129 P.3d 321
• People v. Cox · 70 P.3d 277
• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• People v. Ochoa · 966 P.2d 442
• People v. Prince · 156 P.3d 1015
• People v. Carpenter · 15 Cal. 4th 312
• People v. Steele · 47 P.3d 225
• People v. Bradford · 14 Cal. 4th 1005
• People v. Benavides · 105 P.3d 1099
• People v. Richardson · 43 Cal. 4th 959
• People v. Lee · 971 P.2d 1001
• People v. Kennedy · 115 P.3d 472
• People v. Mungia · 44 Cal. 4th 1101
• People v. Scott · 9 Cal. 4th 331
• People v. Kraft · 5 P.3d 68
• People v. Rodrigues · 885 P.2d 1
• People v. Lindberg · 45 Cal. 4th 1
• People v. Smith · 124 P.3d 730
• People v. Mendoza · 6 P.3d 150
• People v. Ledesma · 140 P.3d 657
• People v. Arias · 13 Cal. 4th 92
• People v. Manriquez · 123 P.3d 614

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• People v. Verdugo · 50 Cal. 4th 263
• People v. Lynch · 237 P.3d 416
• People v. Verdugo · 50 Cal. 4th 263
• People v. Houston · 54 Cal. 4th 1186
• People v. Elliott · 53 Cal. 4th 535
• People v. Chavez · 231 Cal. Rptr. 3d 20
• People v. Rangel · 62 Cal. 4th 1192
• People v. Souza · 54 Cal. 4th 90
• People v. Gamache · 48 Cal. 4th 347
• People v. Beltran · 56 Cal. 4th 935
• The People v. Edwards · 57 Cal. 4th 658
• People v. Manibusan · 58 Cal. 4th 40
• People v. Lee · 51 Cal. 4th 620
• People v. Duff · 58 Cal. 4th 527
• People v. Taylor · 229 P.3d 12
• People v. Jackson · 1 Cal. 5th 269
• People v. Booker · 51 Cal. 4th 141
• People v. Jones · 54 Cal. 4th 1
• People v. Thomas · 256 P.3d 603
• People v. Daveggio & Michaud · 231 Cal. Rptr. 3d 646
• People v. Dalton · 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 273

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