People v. Brown

Decided October 29, 2003. Kathryn Werdegar wrote the opinion for the court.

73 P.3d 1137 · Cited 566 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. Gurule · 51 P.3d 224
• People v. Daniels · 802 P.2d 906
• People v. Hart · 976 P.2d 683
• People v. Ervin · 990 P.2d 506
• People v. Duarte · 12 P.3d 1110
• People v. Williams · 16 Cal. 4th 153
• People v. Price · 821 P.2d 610
• People v. Marshall · 790 P.2d 676
• People v. Cain · 892 P.2d 1224
• People v. Cunningham · 25 P.3d 519
• People v. Frye · 18 Cal. 4th 894
• People v. Boyette · 58 P.3d 391
• People v. Balderas · 711 P.2d 480
• People v. Fudge · 875 P.2d 36
• People v. Raley · 830 P.2d 712
• People v. Hines · 15 Cal. 4th 997
• People v. Ramos · 15 Cal. 4th 1133
• People v. Hedgecock · 795 P.2d 1260
• People v. Phillips · 991 P.2d 145
• People v. Hughey · 194 Cal. App. 3d 1383
• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• People v. Bolin · 956 P.2d 374
• People v. Waidla · 996 P.2d 46
• People v. Rodriguez · 971 P.2d 618
• People v. Beeman · 674 P.2d 1318

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• People v. Bell · 246 Cal. Rptr. 3d 527
• People v. Williams · 148 P.3d 47
• People v. Cole · 95 P.3d 811
• People v. Panah · 107 P.3d 790
• People v. Lee · 51 Cal. 4th 620
• People v. Penunuri · 233 Cal. Rptr. 3d 324
• People v. Landry · 211 Cal. Rptr. 3d 160
• People v. Ramirez · 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 110
• People v. Zamudio · 181 P.3d 105
• People v. Riggs · 44 Cal. 4th 248
• People v. Blacksher · 259 P.3d 370
• People v. Thornton · 161 P.3d 3
• People v. Robinson · 124 P.3d 363
• People v. Smith · 107 P.3d 229
• People v. Jablonski · 126 P.3d 938
• People v. Smith · 35 Cal. 4th 334
• People v. Pearson · 56 Cal. 4th 393
• People v. Jones · 54 Cal. 4th 1
• People v. Riccardi · 54 Cal. 4th 758
• People v. Boyce · 59 Cal. 4th 672
• People v. Moore · 253 P.3d 1153

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