People v. Clark

Decided April 5, 1990. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

789 P.2d 127 · Cited 211 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. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Bloom · 774 P.2d 698
• People v. Fields · 673 P.2d 680
• People v. Jennings · 760 P.2d 475
• People v. Coleman · 759 P.2d 1260
• People v. Ghent · 739 P.2d 1250
• People v. Ireland · 450 P.2d 580
• People v. Thompson · 611 P.2d 883
• People v. Murtishaw · 631 P.2d 446
• People v. Bigelow · 691 P.2d 994
• People v. Anderson · 742 P.2d 1306
• Hovey v. Superior Court · 616 P.2d 1301
• Abbott v. Superior Court · 78 Cal. App. 2d 19
• Neal v. State of California · 55 Cal. 2d 11
• People v. Beamon · 504 P.2d 905
• People v. Boyd · 700 P.2d 782
• People v. Johnson · 767 P.2d 1047
• People v. Geiger · 674 P.2d 1303
• People v. Hamilton · 774 P.2d 730
• People v. Farmer · 765 P.2d 940
• People v. Montiel · 705 P.2d 1248
• People v. Karis · 758 P.2d 1189
• People v. Miranda · 744 P.2d 1127
• People v. Edelbacher · 766 P.2d 1
• People v. Robertson · 655 P.2d 279

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• In re Reno · 55 Cal. 4th 428
• People v. Wharton · 809 P.2d 290
• Menendez v. Superior Court · 834 P.2d 786
• Magill v. Superior Court · 103 Cal. Rptr. 2d 355
• People v. Price · 821 P.2d 610
• People v. Ervin · 990 P.2d 506
• People v. Bradford · 15 Cal. 4th 1229
• People v. Ledesma · 140 P.3d 657
• People v. Zambrano · 163 P.3d 4
• People v. Carasi · 44 Cal. 4th 1263
• People v. Silverbrand · 220 Cal. App. 3d 1621
• People v. Williams · 30 Cal. App. 4th 1758
• People v. Cummings · 850 P.2d 1
• People v. Fudge · 875 P.2d 36
• People v. Pensinger · 805 P.2d 899
• People v. Mitcham · 824 P.2d 1277
• People v. Davenport · 906 P.2d 1068
• People v. Haskett · 801 P.2d 323
• Freedom Trust v. Chubb Group of Ins. Companies · 38 F. Supp. 2d 1170
• People v. Miles · 43 Cal. App. 4th 575
• People v. Mendoza · 6 P.3d 150
• People v. Raley · 830 P.2d 712
• People v. Clark · 857 P.2d 1099
• People v. DeSantis · 831 P.2d 1210
• People v. Butler · 46 Cal. 4th 847

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