People v. Coleman

Decided March 2, 1989. Malcolm Millar Lucas wrote the opinion for the court.

768 P.2d 32 · Cited 291 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. Rodriguez · 726 P.2d 113
• People v. Ghent · 739 P.2d 1250
• People v. Melton · 750 P.2d 741
• People v. Murtishaw · 631 P.2d 446
• People v. Miranda · 744 P.2d 1127
• People v. Ramos · 639 P.2d 908
• People v. Bigelow · 691 P.2d 994
• People v. Montiel · 705 P.2d 1248
• People v. Allen · 729 P.2d 115
• People v. Belmontes · 667 P.2d 686
• People v. Harris · 623 P.2d 240
• People v. Anderson · 742 P.2d 1306
• People v. Balderas · 711 P.2d 480
• People v. Bledsoe · 681 P.2d 291
• People v. Watson · 299 P.2d 243
• People v. Easley · 671 P.2d 813
• People v. Lee · 738 P.2d 752
• Martinez v. Superior Court · 629 P.2d 502
• People v. Beamon · 504 P.2d 905
• Carlos v. Superior Court · 672 P.2d 862
• People v. Davenport · 710 P.2d 861
• People v. Boyd · 700 P.2d 782
• People v. Robertson · 655 P.2d 279
• People v. Tidwell · 473 P.2d 748
• People v. Collie · 634 P.2d 534

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• People v. Vieira · 106 P.3d 990
• People v. Vorise · 72 Cal. App. 4th 312
• People v. Coleman · 809 P.2d 921
• People v. Montes · 5 Cal. Rptr. 3d 800
• People v. Jones · 64 P.3d 762
• People v. Avena · 13 Cal. 4th 394
• People v. Combs · 101 P.3d 1007
• People v. Smith · 107 P.3d 229
• People v. Whitfield · 868 P.2d 272
• Andrade v. Superior Court · 46 Cal. App. 4th 1609
• People v. Avena · 13 Cal. 4th 394
• People v. Smith · 35 Cal. 4th 334
• People v. Scott · 9 Cal. 4th 331
• People v. Cleveland · 86 P.3d 302
• People v. Farley · 46 Cal. 4th 1053
• State v. Bachman · 446 N.W.2d 271
• People v. Scott · 885 P.2d 1040
• People v. Fernandez · 226 Cal. App. 3d 669
• People v. Price · 821 P.2d 610
• People v. Howard · 824 P.2d 1315
• People v. Ratcliff · 223 Cal. App. 3d 1401
• People v. Assad · 189 Cal. App. 4th 187
• People v. Coffman · 96 P.3d 30
• People v. Wharton · 809 P.2d 290
• People v. Cooper · 809 P.2d 865

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