People v. Carpenter

Decided April 28, 1997. Ming William Chin wrote the opinion for the court.

15 Cal. 4th 312 · Cited 517 times

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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. Ford · 60 Cal. 2d 772
• People v. Beagle · 492 P.2d 1
• People v. Cooper · 809 P.2d 865
• People v. Rodrigues · 885 P.2d 1
• People v. Mitcham · 824 P.2d 1277
• People v. Bittaker · 774 P.2d 659
• People v. Robbins · 755 P.2d 355
• People v. Nicolaus · 817 P.2d 893
• People v. Rodriguez · 726 P.2d 113
• People v. Fudge · 875 P.2d 36
• People v. McPeters · 832 P.2d 146
• People v. Kelly · 822 P.2d 385
• People v. Medina · 906 P.2d 2
• People v. Davis · 896 P.2d 119
• People v. Edwards · 819 P.2d 436
• People v. Beardslee · 806 P.2d 1311
• People v. Pinholster · 824 P.2d 571
• People v. Benson · 802 P.2d 330
• People v. Montiel · 855 P.2d 1277
• People v. Wade · 53 Cal. 2d 322
• People v. DeSantis · 831 P.2d 1210
• People v. Livaditis · 831 P.2d 297
• People v. Simon · 184 Cal. App. 3d 125
• People v. Dillon · 668 P.2d 697
• People v. Lucas · 907 P.2d 373

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• People v. Carpenter · 988 P.2d 531
• People v. Steele · 47 P.3d 225
• People v. Guerra · 129 P.3d 321
• People v. Alvarez · 46 P.3d 372
• People v. Catlin · 26 P.3d 357
• People v. Hillhouse · 40 P.3d 754
• DE JESUS VERDIN v. Superior Court of Riverside County · 43 Cal. 4th 1096
• People v. Hughes · 39 P.3d 432
• People v. Diaz · 60 Cal. 4th 1176
• United States v. Johnson · 383 F. Supp. 2d 1145
• People v. Lewis · 22 P.3d 392
• People v. Alvarez · 27 Cal. 4th 1161
• People v. Smith · 35 Cal. 4th 334
• People v. Cleveland · 86 P.3d 302
• People v. Smith · 107 P.3d 229
• People v. Wilson · 178 P.3d 1113
• People v. James · 96 Cal. Rptr. 2d 823
• In Re CC · 3 Cal. Rptr. 3d 354
• People v. Jones · 64 P.3d 762
• People v. Hines · 15 Cal. 4th 997
• People v. Burgener · 62 P.3d 1
• People v. Morrison · 101 P.3d 568
• People v. Frye · 959 P.2d 183
• People v. Lewis · 25 Cal. 4th 610
• People v. Carter · 117 P.3d 476

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