People v. Cruz

Decided July 27, 1978. Clarke E. Stephens wrote the opinion for the court.

83 Cal. App. 3d 308 · Cited 78 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. Elliott · 70 Cal. App. 3d 984
• People v. Marsden · 465 P.2d 44
• People v. Wright · 72 Cal. App. 3d 328
• People v. Edwards · 557 P.2d 995
• People v. Maddox · 67 Cal. 2d 647
• People v. Moss · 253 Cal. App. 2d 248
• People v. Maxey · 28 Cal. App. 3d 190
• In Re Yurko · 519 P.2d 561
• People v. Williams · 471 P.2d 1008
• People v. Hardy · 33 Cal. 2d 52
• People v. Carter · 427 P.2d 214
• People v. Williams · 22 Cal. App. 3d 34
• People v. Richardson · 74 Cal. App. 2d 528
• People v. Lewis · 20 Cal. 3d 496
• In Re Turrieta · 54 Cal. 2d 816
• People v. Mendez · 260 Cal. App. 2d 302
• People v. Mattson · 336 P.2d 937
• People v. Chessman · 38 Cal. 2d 166
• In Re Connor · 16 Cal. 2d 701
• People v. Venegas · 10 Cal. App. 3d 814
• People v. Hartsell · 34 Cal. App. 3d 8
• People v. Heffington · 32 Cal. App. 3d 1
• People v. Kerfoot · 184 Cal. App. 2d 622
• People v. Buckowski · 37 Cal. 2d 629
• People v. Molina · 74 Cal. App. 3d 544

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• People v. Morgan · 101 Cal. App. 3d 523
• People v. Crandell · 760 P.2d 423
• People v. Gallego · 802 P.2d 169
• People v. McClindon · 114 Cal. App. 3d 336
• People v. Lawley · 38 P.3d 461
• People v. Burgener · 41 Cal. 3d 505
• People v. Flores · 28 Cal. Rptr. 3d 232
• People v. Caldwell · 102 Cal. App. 3d 461
• People v. Lawrence · 70 Cal. Rptr. 3d 420
• People v. Abilez · 161 P.3d 58
• People v. Clark · 833 P.2d 561
• People v. Jones · 127 Cal. Rptr. 2d 319
• People v. Ratcliff · 223 Cal. App. 3d 1401
• People v. Moore · 762 P.2d 1218
• People v. Lawrence · 46 Cal. 4th 186
• People v. Leonard · 93 Cal. Rptr. 2d 180
• People v. Ruiz · 142 Cal. App. 3d 780
• People v. Levell · 201 Cal. App. 3d 749
• People v. Froom · 108 Cal. App. 3d 820
• People v. Gonzalez · 210 Cal. App. 4th 724
• People v. Kitt · 83 Cal. App. 3d 834

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