People v. Fierro

Decided December 26, 1991. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

821 P.2d 1302 · Cited 304 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.

• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• People v. Rodriguez · 726 P.2d 113
• People v. Edwards · 819 P.2d 436
• People v. Melton · 750 P.2d 741
• People v. Thompson · 753 P.2d 37
• People v. Duran · 545 P.2d 1322
• People v. Crandell · 760 P.2d 423
• People v. Benson · 802 P.2d 330
• People v. Bell · 778 P.2d 129
• People v. Bigelow · 691 P.2d 994
• People v. Laursen · 501 P.2d 1145
• People v. Carroll · 463 P.2d 400
• People v. Dillon · 668 P.2d 697
• People v. Anderson · 742 P.2d 1306
• Carlos v. Superior Court · 672 P.2d 862
• People v. Woodhead · 741 P.2d 154
• People v. Boyd · 700 P.2d 782
• People v. Carrera · 777 P.2d 121
• People v. Wagner · 532 P.2d 105
• People v. Cooper · 809 P.2d 865
• People v. Turner · 789 P.2d 887
• People v. Collins · 68 Cal. 2d 319
• People v. Rogers · 579 P.2d 1048
• People v. Whitt · 798 P.2d 849
• People v. Green · 479 P.2d 998

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• People v. Ervin · 990 P.2d 506
• Small v. Superior Court · 79 Cal. App. 4th 1000
• People v. Frye · 959 P.2d 183
• People v. Zambrano · 163 P.3d 4
• People v. Bland · 898 P.2d 391
• People v. Masbruch · 13 Cal. 4th 1001
• People v. DeShaun M. · 56 Cal. Rptr. 3d 627
• People v. Pride · 833 P.2d 643
• People v. Heard · 75 P.3d 53
• People v. Medina · 906 P.2d 2
• People v. Huggins · 131 P.3d 995
• People v. Ray · 13 Cal. 4th 313
• People v. Burgener · 62 P.3d 1
• People v. Barnett · 954 P.2d 384
• People v. Payton · 839 P.2d 1035
• People v. Granado · 49 Cal. App. 4th 317
• People v. Tameka C. · 990 P.2d 603
• People v. Frye · 18 Cal. 4th 894
• People v. Arias · 13 Cal. 4th 92
• People v. Letner and Tobin · 235 P.3d 62
• People v. Carpenter · 15 Cal. 4th 312

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