People v. Dennis

Decided February 19, 1998. Ming William Chin wrote the opinion for the court.

17 Cal. 4th 468 · Cited 497 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. Flores · 3 Cal. App. 4th 200
• People v. Turner · 690 P.2d 669
• Keeler v. Superior Court · 470 P.2d 617
• People v. Bunyard · 756 P.2d 795
• People v. Kurtzman · 758 P.2d 572
• Carlos v. Superior Court · 672 P.2d 862
• People v. Anderson · 742 P.2d 1306
• People v. Medina · 799 P.2d 1282
• People v. Carrera · 777 P.2d 121
• In Re Estrada · 63 Cal. 2d 740
• People v. Mincey · 827 P.2d 388
• People v. Hernandez · 757 P.2d 1013
• In Re Lynch · 503 P.2d 921
• People v. Alvarez · 14 Cal. 4th 155
• People v. Pride · 833 P.2d 643
• People v. Berryman · 864 P.2d 40
• People v. Williams · 16 Cal. 4th 635
• People v. Rowland · 841 P.2d 897
• People v. Bonillas · 771 P.2d 844
• People v. Lucas · 907 P.2d 373
• People v. Carpenter · 15 Cal. 4th 312
• People v. Freeman · 882 P.2d 249
• People v. Poggi · 753 P.2d 1082
• People v. Keenan · 758 P.2d 1081
• People v. Harris · 767 P.2d 619

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• People v. Lopez · 235 Cal. Rptr. 3d 64
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• People v. Prince · 156 P.3d 1015
• People v. Anderson · 22 P.3d 347
• People v. Cole · 95 P.3d 811
• People v. Boyette · 58 P.3d 391
• People v. Lewis · 26 Cal. 4th 334
• People v. Ervin · 990 P.2d 506
• People v. Sapp · 73 P.3d 433
• People v. Elliot · 122 P.3d 968
• People v. Cunningham · 25 P.3d 519
• People v. Anderson · 25 Cal. 4th 543
• People v. Riel · 998 P.2d 969
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• People v. Harrison · 106 P.3d 895
• People v. Valdez · 23 Cal. Rptr. 3d 909
• People v. San Nicolas · 101 P.3d 509

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