State Supreme Court / Cal.

People v. Frierson

Decided August 31, 1979. Mathew Tobriner wrote the opinion for the court.

599 P.2d 587 · Cited 398 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. Pope · 590 P.2d 859
Rockwell v. Superior Court · 556 P.2d 1101
People v. Anderson · 493 P.2d 880
In Re Saunders · 472 P.2d 921
People v. McDowell · 69 Cal. 2d 737
In Re Anderson · 447 P.2d 117
People v. Corona · 80 Cal. App. 3d 684
In Re Lynch · 503 P.2d 921
People v. Ramey · 545 P.2d 1333
Amador Valley Joint Union High School District v. State Board of Equalization · 22 Cal. 3d 208
People v. Durham · 449 P.2d 198
People v. Williams · 547 P.2d 1000
People v. Carr · 502 P.2d 513
People v. Murphy · 503 P.2d 594
In Re Lawler · 588 P.2d 1257
People v. Morse · 388 P.2d 33
People v. Odle · 37 Cal. 2d 52
In Re Rose · 62 Cal. 2d 384
People v. Sedeno · 518 P.2d 913
People v. Beagle · 492 P.2d 1
People v. Ibarra · 60 Cal. 2d 460
People v. Mosher · 461 P.2d 659
People v. Floyd · 464 P.2d 64
People v. Gainer · 566 P.2d 997
People v. Wingo · 534 P.2d 1001

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