People v. Balderas

Decided December 31, 1985. Malcolm Millar Lucas wrote the opinion for the court.

711 P.2d 480 · Cited 427 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. Crowe · 506 P.2d 193
• Carlos v. Superior Court · 672 P.2d 862
• Williams v. Superior Court · 683 P.2d 699
• People v. Williams · 628 P.2d 869
• Hovey v. Superior Court · 616 P.2d 1301
• People v. Garcia · 684 P.2d 826
• People v. Harris · 623 P.2d 240
• People v. Flannel · 603 P.2d 1
• Martinez v. Superior Court · 629 P.2d 502
• People v. Turner · 690 P.2d 669
• People v. Whitt · 685 P.2d 1161
• People v. Hoover · 528 P.2d 760
• People v. Dillon · 668 P.2d 697
• People v. Sedeno · 518 P.2d 913
• People v. Matson · 528 P.2d 752
• Frazier v. Superior Court · 486 P.2d 694
• People v. Edwards · 127 P. 58
• Williams v. Superior Court · 668 P.2d 799
• People v. Beeman · 674 P.2d 1318
• People v. Daniels · 459 P.2d 225
• People v. Thompson · 611 P.2d 883
• People v. Fields · 673 P.2d 680
• People v. Thornton · 523 P.2d 267
• People v. Robertson · 655 P.2d 279
• People v. Banks · 53 Cal. 2d 370

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• Newman v. Superior Court · 179 Cal. App. 3d 377
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• Frank v. Superior Court · 770 P.2d 1119
• People v. Carter · 117 P.3d 476
• People v. Huggins · 131 P.3d 995
• People v. Edelbacher · 766 P.2d 1
• People v. Medina · 799 P.2d 1282
• People v. Bradford · 15 Cal. 4th 1229
• People v. Arias · 13 Cal. 4th 92
• People v. Anderson · 25 Cal. 4th 543
• People v. Jennings · 807 P.2d 1009
• People v. Ray · 13 Cal. 4th 313
• People v. Musselwhite · 17 Cal. 4th 1216
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• People v. Crosby · 197 Cal. App. 3d 853
• People v. Williams · 16 Cal. 4th 153
• People v. Benson · 802 P.2d 330

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