People v. Belmontes

Decided August 18, 1983. Otto Kaus wrote the opinion for the court.

667 P.2d 686 · Cited 285 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. Wilson · 135 Cal. App. 3d 343
• Townsend v. Burke · 334 U.S. 736
• Estate of McDill · 537 P.2d 874
• People v. Tenorio · 473 P.2d 993
• People v. Davis · 633 P.2d 186
• In Re Foss · 519 P.2d 1073
• In Re Cortez · 490 P.2d 819
• People v. King · 582 P.2d 1000
• People v. Ruiz · 534 P.2d 712
• In Re Hernandez · 64 Cal. 2d 850
• In Re Yurko · 519 P.2d 561
• People v. Karsai · 131 Cal. App. 3d 224
• People v. Blackburn · 56 Cal. App. 3d 685
• State ex rel. Oklahoma Tax Commission v. District Court of Nowata County · 519 P.2d 513

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• People v. Hunter · 184 Cal. App. 3d 1531
• People v. Fuhrman · 16 Cal. 4th 930
• People v. Gulbrandsen · 209 Cal. App. 3d 1547
• People v. Galvan · 187 Cal. App. 3d 1205
• People v. Bishop · 158 Cal. App. 3d 373
• People v. Coleman · 768 P.2d 32
• People v. Jones · 758 P.2d 1165
• People v. Mosley · 53 Cal. App. 4th 489
• People v. Pelayo · 81 Cal. Rptr. 2d 373
• People v. McElrath · 175 Cal. App. 3d 178
• People v. Fields · 159 Cal. App. 3d 555
• People v. Price · 151 Cal. App. 3d 803
• People v. James · 208 Cal. App. 3d 1155
• People v. Collins · 143 Cal. App. 3d 742
• People v. Collins · 143 Cal. App. 3d 742
• F.T. v. L.J. · 194 Cal. App. 4th 1
• People v. Martinez · 150 Cal. App. 3d 579
• People v. Blevins · 158 Cal. App. 3d 64
• People v. Scott · 885 P.2d 1040
• People v. Fernandez · 226 Cal. App. 3d 669
• People v. Superior Court (Romero) · 13 Cal. 4th 497

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