People v. Brown

Decided December 5, 1985. Malcolm Millar Lucas wrote the opinion for the court.

726 P.2d 516 · Cited 411 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. Easley · 671 P.2d 813
• People v. Kelly · 549 P.2d 1240
• People v. Frierson · 599 P.2d 587
• People v. Lanphear · 680 P.2d 1081
• People v. Shirley · 723 P.2d 1354
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Ramos · 689 P.2d 430
• State v. Van McDougall · 301 S.E.2d 308
• State v. Washington · 229 Kan. 47
• People v. Boyd · 700 P.2d 782
• People v. Young · 340 N.W.2d 805
• People v. Watson · 299 P.2d 243
• People v. Collins · 68 Cal. 2d 319
• People v. Lindsey · 84 Cal. App. 3d 851
• People v. Vallez · 80 Cal. App. 3d 46
• People v. Haskett · 640 P.2d 776
• People v. Hitch · 527 P.2d 361
• People v. Robertson · 655 P.2d 279
• State v. Wood · 648 P.2d 71
• People v. Honeycutt · 570 P.2d 1050
• People v. Guerra · 690 P.2d 635
• People v. Williams · 547 P.2d 1000
• People v. Nation · 604 P.2d 1051
• Rockwell v. Superior Court · 556 P.2d 1101
• People v. Woodard · 590 P.2d 391

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