People v. Belmontes

Decided June 23, 1988. David Eagleson wrote the opinion for the court.

755 P.2d 310 · Cited 234 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. Campa · 686 P.2d 634
• People v. Brown · 726 P.2d 516
• People v. Rodriguez · 726 P.2d 113
• People v. Chacon · 447 P.2d 106
• People v. Kurland · 618 P.2d 213
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Easley · 671 P.2d 813
• People v. Allen · 729 P.2d 115
• Carlos v. Superior Court · 672 P.2d 862
• People v. Balderas · 711 P.2d 480
• People v. Geiger · 674 P.2d 1303
• People v. Phillips · 711 P.2d 423
• People v. Chavez · 705 P.2d 372
• People v. Ghent · 739 P.2d 1250
• People v. Davenport · 710 P.2d 861
• People v. Boyd · 700 P.2d 782
• People v. Mroczko · 672 P.2d 835
• People v. Washington · 71 Cal. 2d 1170
• People v. Pope · 590 P.2d 859
• People v. McDonald · 690 P.2d 709
• People v. Melton · 750 P.2d 741
• People v. Murtishaw · 631 P.2d 446
• People v. Burgener · 41 Cal. 3d 505
• People v. Gainer · 566 P.2d 997
• People v. Robertson · 655 P.2d 279

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• People v. Nguyen · 4 Cal. Rptr. 3d 211
• Ayers v. Belmontes · 549 U.S. 7
• People v. Cox · 70 P.3d 277
• People v. Fauber · 831 P.2d 249
• People v. Cortez · 63 Cal. 4th 101
• People v. Valdez · 55 Cal. 4th 82
• People v. Rodrigues · 885 P.2d 1
• In Re Ross · 892 P.2d 1287
• People v. Mincey · 827 P.2d 388
• People v. Cox · 809 P.2d 351
• People v. Morris · 807 P.2d 949
• People v. Sully · 812 P.2d 163
• People v. Thompson · 221 Cal. App. 3d 923
• Flanagan v. State · 810 P.2d 759
• People v. Cooper · 809 P.2d 865
• People v. Hajek and Vo · 58 Cal. 4th 1144
• People v. Clark · 857 P.2d 1099
• People v. Diaz · 834 P.2d 1171
• People v. Lucas · 60 Cal. 4th 153
• People v. Michaels · 49 P.3d 1032
• People v. Contreras · 58 Cal. 4th 123
• People v. Walker · 765 P.2d 70
• State v. Harris · 716 A.2d 458
• People v. Allison · 771 P.2d 1294
• People v. Brigham · 216 Cal. App. 3d 1039

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