People v. Davis

Decided June 1, 2009. Joyce L. Kennard wrote the opinion for the court.

46 Cal. 4th 539 · Cited 350 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. Riddle · 83 Cal. App. 3d 563
• People v. Demetrulias · 137 P.3d 229
• People v. Cooper · 809 P.2d 865
• People v. Cunningham · 25 P.3d 519
• People v. Tafoya · 164 P.3d 590
• People v. Modesto · 398 P.2d 753
• People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
• People v. Carpenter · 15 Cal. 4th 312
• People v. Willis · 104 Cal. App. 3d 433
• People v. Rodrigues · 885 P.2d 1
• People v. Abilez · 161 P.3d 58
• People v. Dennis · 17 Cal. 4th 468
• People v. Pride · 833 P.2d 643
• People v. Bradford · 14 Cal. 4th 1005
• People v. Gordon · 792 P.2d 251
• People v. Harris · 623 P.2d 240
• People v. Smith · 107 P.3d 229
• Trice v. United States · 662 A.2d 891
• McGown v. Superior Court · 75 Cal. App. 3d 648
• People v. Price · 821 P.2d 610
• People v. Coffman · 96 P.3d 30
• People v. Mendoza · 6 P.3d 150
• People v. Lewis · 25 Cal. 4th 610
• People v. Hillhouse · 40 P.3d 754
• People v. Moon · 117 P.3d 591

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• People v. Molano · 249 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
• People v. Weddington · 246 Cal. App. 4th 468
• People v. Neuman · 176 Cal. App. 4th 571
• People v. Peoples · 62 Cal. 4th 718
• People v. Johnson · 62 Cal. 4th 600
• People v. Cowan · 50 Cal. 4th 401
• People v. Seumanu · 61 Cal. 4th 1293
• People v. Jones · 54 Cal. 4th 1
• People v. Thomas · 54 Cal. 4th 908
• People v. Johnson · 60 Cal. 4th 966
• People v. Mendoza · 62 Cal. 4th 856
• People v. Smith, Jr. · 61 Cal. 4th 18
• People v. Joseph H. · 237 Cal. App. 4th 517
• People v. Clark · 52 Cal. 4th 856
• People v. Tully · 54 Cal. 4th 952
• People v. McKinnon · 259 P.3d 1186
• People v. Williams · 49 Cal. 4th 405
• People v. Gamache · 48 Cal. 4th 347
• People v. Manibusan · 58 Cal. 4th 40
• People v. Linton · 56 Cal. 4th 1146
• People v. Booker · 51 Cal. 4th 141

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