People v. Bell

Decided September 5, 1989. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

778 P.2d 129 · Cited 321 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. Buford · 132 Cal. App. 3d 288
• People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Harris · 679 P.2d 433
• Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co. · 328 U.S. 217
• People v. Morales · 770 P.2d 244
• People v. Watson · 299 P.2d 243
• People v. McDonald · 690 P.2d 709
• Glasser v. United States · 315 U.S. 60
• Smith v. Texas · 311 U.S. 128
• People v. Williams · 751 P.2d 395
• People v. Adcox · 763 P.2d 906
• People v. Navarro · 497 P.2d 481
• People v. Pope · 590 P.2d 859
• People v. Allen · 729 P.2d 115
• People v. Bolton · 589 P.2d 396
• People v. Dyer · 753 P.2d 1
• People v. Frierson · 599 P.2d 587
• People v. Murtishaw · 631 P.2d 446
• People v. Malone · 762 P.2d 1249
• People v. Perry · 499 P.2d 129
• People v. Beivelman · 70 Cal. 2d 60
• People v. Love · 366 P.2d 33
• People v. Purvis · 60 Cal. 2d 323
• Ballard v. Superior Court of San Diego County · 64 Cal. 2d 159

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• People v. Mills · 6 Cal. App. 4th 1278
• State v. Klinge · 994 P.2d 509
• People v. Anderson · 25 Cal. 4th 543
• People v. Visciotti · 825 P.2d 388
• People v. Howard · 824 P.2d 1315
• People v. Morris · 807 P.2d 949
• People v. Currie · 104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 430
• People v. Price · 821 P.2d 610
• People v. Cummings · 850 P.2d 1
• People v. Burgener · 62 P.3d 1
• People v. Fierro · 821 P.2d 1302
• People v. Ochoa · 28 P.3d 78
• People v. Garcia · 258 P.3d 751
• People v. Herring · 20 Cal. App. 4th 1066
• People v. Harmon · 215 Cal. App. 3d 552
• People v. Pinholster · 824 P.2d 571
• People v. Clark · 857 P.2d 1099
• People v. Burney · 47 Cal. 4th 203
• People v. Pitts · 223 Cal. App. 3d 606
• People v. Ratcliff · 223 Cal. App. 3d 1401
• People v. Henriquez · 226 Cal. Rptr. 3d 69

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