People v. Covarrubias

Decided September 8, 2016. Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye wrote the opinion for the court.

1 Cal. 5th 838 · Cited 504 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. Riccardi · 54 Cal. 4th 758
• People v. Lang · 782 P.2d 627
• People v. Mar · 52 P.3d 95
• People v. Davis · 115 P.3d 417
• People v. Anderson · 51 Cal. 4th 989
• People v. Mendoza · 959 P.2d 735
• People v. Garrison · 765 P.2d 419
• People v. Chiu · 59 Cal. 4th 155
• People v. Chun · 45 Cal. 4th 1172
• People v. Hillhouse · 40 P.3d 754
• People v. Ireland · 450 P.2d 580
• People v. Leon · 61 Cal. 4th 569
• People v. Tufunga · 987 P.2d 168
• People v. Farley · 46 Cal. 4th 1053
• People v. Guerrero · 22 Cal. 2d 183
• People v. Riel · 998 P.2d 969
• People v. Lucas · 60 Cal. 4th 153
• People v. Wilson · 462 P.2d 22
• People v. Contreras · 58 Cal. 4th 123
• People v. Williams · 176 Cal. App. 4th 1521
• People v. Coffman · 96 P.3d 30
• People v. Holt · 15 Cal. 4th 619
• People v. McCoy · 24 P.3d 1210
• People v. Russo · 25 P.3d 641
• People v. Saille · 820 P.2d 588

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• People v. Buenrostro · 240 Cal. Rptr. 3d 704
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• People v. Edward · 418 P.3d 360
• People v. Jo · 224 Cal. Rptr. 3d 82
• People v. Woodruff · 235 Cal. Rptr. 3d 513
• People v. Wall (Randall) · 224 Cal. Rptr. 3d 861
• People v. Hardy · 233 Cal. Rptr. 3d 378
• People v. Bell · 246 Cal. Rptr. 3d 527
• People v. Jones · 220 Cal. Rptr. 3d 618
• People v. Selivanov · 5 Cal. App. 5th 726
• People v. Burton · 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 35
• People v. Vasquez · 223 Cal. Rptr. 3d 24
• People v. Brown · 6 Cal. App. 5th 1074
• People v. Gonzales · 6 Cal. App. 5th 1067
• People v. Brewer · 225 Cal. Rptr. 3d 623
• People v. Navarra · 223 Cal. Rptr. 3d 820
• People v. Suarez · 226 Cal. Rptr. 3d 448

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