People v. Collins

Decided August 6, 1976. Donald R. Wright wrote the opinion for the court.

552 P.2d 742 · Cited 265 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. Lanigan · 22 Cal. 2d 569
• People v. Ryan · 19 N.Y.2d 100
• People v. Watson · 299 P.2d 243
• People v. Superior Court · 67 Cal. 2d 929
• People v. Lankford · 55 Cal. App. 3d 203
• People v. Hamilton · 60 Cal. 2d 105
• People v. Feagley · 535 P.2d 373
• People v. Compton · 490 P.2d 537
• People v. Britton · 4 Cal. 2d 622
• People v. O'Bryan · 130 P. 1042
• People v. Kelly · 263 P. 226

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• People v. Fields · 673 P.2d 680
• People v. Morgan · 101 Cal. Rptr. 2d 829
• People v. Hightower · 92 Cal. Rptr. 2d 497
• People v. Morgan · 101 Cal. Rptr. 2d 314
• People v. Guillen · 227 Cal. App. 4th 934
• People v. Valles · 593 P.2d 240
• People v. Thomas · 218 Cal. App. 3d 1477
• People v. Trotter · 124 Cal. Rptr. 2d 765
• People v. Rutterschmidt · 176 Cal. App. 4th 1047
• Vaughn v. Noor · 233 Cal. App. 3d 14
• People v. Proctor · 842 P.2d 1100
• State v. Bobo · 814 S.W.2d 353
• State v. Trent · 398 A.2d 1271
• State v. Guytan · 968 P.2d 587
• State v. Miley · 603 N.E.2d 1070
• People v. Guzman · 66 Cal. App. 3d 549
• Bulls v. United States · 490 A.2d 197
• People v. Odle · 754 P.2d 184
• People v. Anderson · 801 P.2d 1107
• Griesel v. Dart Industries, Inc. · 591 P.2d 503
• People v. Wright · 802 P.2d 221
• State v. Corsaro · 526 A.2d 1046

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