People v. Cruz

Decided January 24, 1980. Frank C. Newman wrote the opinion for the court.

605 P.2d 830 · Cited 102 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. Conley · 411 P.2d 911
• People v. Bassett · 69 Cal. 2d 122
• People v. Wolff · 61 Cal. 2d 795
• People v. Drew · 583 P.2d 1318
• People v. Goedecke · 65 Cal. 2d 850
• People v. Gorshen · 51 Cal. 2d 716
• People v. Holt · 25 Cal. 2d 59
• People v. Wetmore · 583 P.2d 1308
• People v. Nicolaus · 65 Cal. 2d 866
• People v. Milan · 9 Cal. 3d 185
• Rockwell v. Superior Court · 556 P.2d 1101
• People v. Murphy · 503 P.2d 594
• People v. Sedeno · 518 P.2d 913
• People v. Anderson · 447 P.2d 942
• People v. Redmond · 71 Cal. 2d 745
• People v. Frierson · 599 P.2d 587
• People v. Henderson · 386 P.2d 677
• People v. Hillery · 401 P.2d 382
• People v. Cantrell · 504 P.2d 1256
• People v. Berry · 556 P.2d 777
• People v. Sirhan · 497 P.2d 1121
• People v. Anderson · 63 Cal. 2d 351
• People v. Teron · 588 P.2d 773
• People v. Poddar · 518 P.2d 342
• People v. Brooks · 410 P.2d 383

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• People v. Stoll · 783 P.2d 698
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• In Re Avena · 909 P.2d 1017
• People v. Cooks · 141 Cal. App. 3d 224
• People v. Phillips · 122 Cal. App. 3d 69
• Van Dean v. State · 668 P.2d 639
• People v. Nicholas · 112 Cal. App. 3d 249
• People v. Ledesma · 140 P.3d 657
• People v. Williams · 751 P.2d 395
• People v. Prysock · 127 Cal. App. 3d 972
• State v. McVey · 376 N.W.2d 585
• Allen v. Superior Court · 113 Cal. App. 3d 42
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Kelly · 822 P.2d 385
• People v. Bean · 760 P.2d 996
• People v. Marshall · 13 Cal. 4th 799
• People v. Jackson · 618 P.2d 149
• People v. Rivera · 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 363
• People v. Phillips · 711 P.2d 423
• People v. Hovey · 749 P.2d 776
• People v. Avena · 13 Cal. 4th 394
• People v. Thompson · 753 P.2d 37
• People v. Dyer · 753 P.2d 1
• People v. Caro · 761 P.2d 680
• People v. Hendricks · 737 P.2d 1350

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