People v. Cockrell

Decided December 9, 1965. Louis H. Burke wrote the opinion for the court.

408 P.2d 116 · Cited 274 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. Torres · 56 Cal. 2d 864
• People v. Watson · 299 P.2d 243
• Agnello v. United States · 269 U.S. 20
• Preston v. United States · 376 U.S. 364
• People v. Hillery · 401 P.2d 382
• People v. Cruz · 61 Cal. 2d 861
• People v. Burke · 61 Cal. 2d 575
• People v. Robinson · 62 Cal. 2d 889
• Castaneda v. Superior Court · 59 Cal. 2d 439
• People v. Bostick · 62 Cal. 2d 820
• People v. Van Eyk · 56 Cal. 2d 471
• People v. Martin · 45 Cal. 2d 755
• People v. Simon · 45 Cal. 2d 645
• Willson v. Superior Court · 46 Cal. 2d 291
• People v. Fischer · 49 Cal. 2d 442
• People v. Carswell · 335 P.2d 99
• People v. Richardson · 51 Cal. 2d 445
• People v. Calhoun · 50 Cal. 2d 137
• People v. Causey · 220 Cal. App. 2d 641
• Hurst v. People of State of California · 211 F. Supp. 387
• People v. Miller · 193 Cal. App. 2d 838
• United States v. Royster · 204 F. Supp. 760

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• In Re Banks · 482 P.2d 215
• People v. Superior Court · 274 Cal. App. 2d 578
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• People v. Stewart · 264 Cal. App. 2d 809
• People v. Sotelo · 18 Cal. App. 3d 9
• People v. Marshall · 69 Cal. 2d 51
• Skelton v. Superior Court · 460 P.2d 485
• People v. De Santiago · 71 Cal. 2d 18
• Duke v. Superior Court · 461 P.2d 628
• Greven v. Superior Court · 71 Cal. 2d 287
• People v. Woods · 239 Cal. App. 2d 697
• People v. Tremayne · 20 Cal. App. 3d 1006
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• People v. De Santiago · 453 P.2d 353

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