People v. Clark

Decided August 29, 2011. Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye wrote the opinion for the court.

52 Cal. 4th 856 · Cited 774 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. Marsden · 465 P.2d 44
• DE JESUS VERDIN v. Superior Court of Riverside County · 43 Cal. 4th 1096
• People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
• People v. Gates · 743 P.2d 301
• People v. Medina · 799 P.2d 1282
• People v. Freeman · 882 P.2d 249
• People v. Smith · 863 P.2d 192
• People v. Waidla · 996 P.2d 46
• People v. Memro · 905 P.2d 1305
• People v. Wheeler · 841 P.2d 938
• People v. Benson · 802 P.2d 330
• People v. Hinton · 126 P.3d 981
• People v. Crandell · 760 P.2d 423
• People v. San Nicolas · 101 P.3d 509
• People v. Williams · 181 P.3d 1035
• People v. Stewart · 93 P.3d 271
• People v. Watson · 299 P.2d 243
• People v. Ledesma · 140 P.3d 657
• People v. Prince · 156 P.3d 1015
• People v. Abilez · 161 P.3d 58
• People v. Stitely · 108 P.3d 182
• People v. Gray · 118 P.3d 496
• People v. Hines · 15 Cal. 4th 997
• People v. Zambrano · 163 P.3d 4
• People v. Wallace · 44 Cal. 4th 1032

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• People v. Brooks · 216 Cal. Rptr. 3d 528
• People v. Streeter · 54 Cal. 4th 205
• People v. DeHoyos · 57 Cal. 4th 79
• People v. Anderson · 235 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
• People v. Hardy · 233 Cal. Rptr. 3d 378
• People v. Sanchez · 53 Cal. 4th 80
• People v. Lopez · 56 Cal. 4th 1028
• People v. Turner · 220 Cal. Rptr. 3d 449
• People v. Medelez · 2 Cal. App. 5th 659
• People v. Selivanov · 5 Cal. App. 5th 726
• People v. Carter · 227 Cal. App. 4th 322
• People v. Perez · 233 Cal. App. 4th 736
• The People v. Jones · 57 Cal. 4th 899
• People v. Williams · 61 Cal. 4th 1244
• People v. McKinzie · 54 Cal. 4th 1302
• People v. Dunn · 205 Cal. App. 4th 1086
• People v. Shamblin · 236 Cal. App. 4th 1
• People v. Smith, Jr. · 61 Cal. 4th 18
• The People v. Mai · 57 Cal. 4th 986
• People v. Bryant, Smith and Wheeler · 60 Cal. 4th 335
• People v. Tully · 54 Cal. 4th 952

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