People v. Cruz

Decided April 21, 1988. Allen Broussard wrote the opinion for the court.

752 P.2d 439 · Cited 217 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. Santos · 171 Cal. App. 3d 67
• People v. Johnson · 519 P.2d 604
• People v. Morris · 97 Cal. App. 3d 358
• In Re Falco · 176 Cal. App. 3d 1161
• People v. Mancheno · 654 P.2d 211
• People v. West · 477 P.2d 409
• People v. Kaanehe · 559 P.2d 1028
• In Re Sutherland · 493 P.2d 857
• People v. Prater · 71 Cal. App. 3d 695
• Whitfield v. Roth · 519 P.2d 588
• People v. Williams · 97 Cal. App. 3d 382

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• People v. Masloski · 25 P.3d 681
• People v. Hsu · 168 Cal. App. 4th 397
• People v. Murray · 32 Cal. App. 4th 1539
• People v. Ibanez · 90 Cal. Rptr. 2d 536
• People v. Rabanales · 168 Cal. App. 4th 494
• People v. Jermaine B. · 81 Cal. Rptr. 2d 734
• People v. Jensen · 4 Cal. App. 4th 978
• People v. Mercant · 216 Cal. App. 3d 1192
• People v. American Surety Insurance Company · 106 Cal. Rptr. 2d 235
• People v. Puente · 165 Cal. App. 4th 1143
• People v. Vargas · 55 Cal. Rptr. 3d 837
• People v. Carr · 49 Cal. Rptr. 3d 548
• People v. Alexander · 233 Cal. App. 4th 313
• People v. Jimenez · 19 Cal. App. 4th 1175
• People v. Legault · 115 Cal. Rptr. 2d 352
• People v. Kendrick · 19 Cal. Rptr. 3d 436

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