People v. Cullen

Decided July 27, 1951. John Wesley Shenk wrote the opinion for the court.

37 Cal. 2d 614 · Cited 155 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. Cullen · 221 P.2d 1016
• People v. Newland · 15 Cal. 2d 678
• People v. Yeager · 229 P. 40
• People v. Perkins · 8 Cal. 2d 502
• People v. Mehaffey · 32 Cal. 2d 535
• People v. Ferdinand · 229 P. 341
• People v. Selby · 245 P. 426
• People v. McMonigle · 29 Cal. 2d 730
• People v. Ives · 17 Cal. 2d 459
• People v. Wilkins · 111 P. 612
• People v. Vertrees · 146 P. 890
• People v. Clark · 233 P. 980
• People v. Corrales · 34 Cal. 2d 426
• People v. McNichol · 100 Cal. App. 2d 554
• People v. Leary · 28 Cal. 2d 740
• People v. Wallace · 6 Cal. 2d 759
• People v. Alviso · 55 Cal. 230

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• People v. Jennings · 807 P.2d 1009
• People v. McCracken · 39 Cal. 2d 336
• People v. Scott · 176 Cal. App. 2d 458
• People v. Johnson · 32 Cal. App. 3d 988
• Ureta v. Superior Court · 199 Cal. App. 2d 672
• People v. Watson · 198 Cal. App. 2d 707
• State v. Edwards · 278 Neb. 55
• People v. Ruiz · 749 P.2d 854
• Armstrong v. State · 502 P.2d 440
• Hurley v. State · 483 A.2d 1298
• People v. Toth · 182 Cal. App. 2d 819
• People v. Williams · 151 Cal. App. 2d 173
• People v. Starr · 11 Cal. App. 3d 574
• People v. Clouse · 222 Cal. App. 2d 562
• People v. Gutierrez · 52 P.3d 572
• People v. Jones · 42 Cal. 2d 219
• People v. Dorsey · 43 Cal. App. 3d 953
• People v. Ott · 84 Cal. App. 3d 118
• Jones v. Superior Court · 96 Cal. App. 3d 390
• People v. Davis · 168 Cal. App. 4th 617
• People v. Minkowski · 204 Cal. App. 2d 832

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