People v. Ditson

Decided March 15, 1962. B Rey Schauer wrote the opinion for the court.

57 Cal. 2d 415 · Cited 179 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. Cahan · 282 P.2d 905
• People v. Brommel · 56 Cal. 2d 629
• People v. Castello · 229 P. 855
• Blackburn v. Alabama · 361 U.S. 199
• People v. Combes · 363 P.2d 4
• Commonwealth v. Agoston · 364 Pa. 464
• Brown v. Mississippi · 297 U.S. 278
• Anderson v. United States · 318 U.S. 350
• People v. Kemp · 55 Cal. 2d 458
• People v. Trout · 54 Cal. 2d 576
• People v. Murphy · 47 Cal. 103
• People v. Wells · 33 Cal. 2d 330
• People v. Daugherty · 256 P.2d 911
• People v. Bender · 27 Cal. 2d 164
• People v. Burke · 301 P.2d 241
• People v. Atchley · 346 P.2d 764
• People v. Weiss · 50 Cal. 2d 535
• People v. Berve · 51 Cal. 2d 286
• People v. Matlock · 336 P.2d 505
• People v. Davis · 48 Cal. 2d 241
• People v. Ives · 17 Cal. 2d 459
• People v. Scott · 176 Cal. App. 2d 458
• People v. Rochin · 101 Cal. App. 2d 140
• People v. Hudson · 139 Cal. App. 543
• People v. Valletutti · 78 N.E.2d 485

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