State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

People v. Hess

Decided June 12, 1951. Thomas P. White wrote the opinion for the court.

104 Cal. App. 2d 642 · Cited 87 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. Darcy · 59 Cal. App. 2d 342
Kotteakos v. United States · 328 U.S. 750
Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356
People v. Howard · 295 P. 333
People v. Lanigan · 22 Cal. 2d 569
People v. Yant · 26 Cal. App. 2d 725
Jackson v. Superior Court · 10 Cal. 2d 350
People v. Burns · 84 Cal. App. 2d 18
People v. Knott · 15 Cal. 2d 628
People v. Parman · 14 Cal. 2d 17
People v. Silver · 87 Cal. App. 2d 337
People v. Gordon · 71 Cal. App. 2d 606
People v. Gilbert · 26 Cal. App. 2d 1
Whitlow v. Durst · 20 Cal. 2d 523
People v. Benenato · 77 Cal. App. 2d 350
People v. Adams · 14 Cal. 2d 154
People v. Curtis · 36 Cal. App. 2d 306
People v. Chait · 69 Cal. App. 2d 503
People v. MacKen · 32 Cal. App. 2d 31
Katz v. Enos · 68 Cal. App. 2d 266
People v. Coleman · 20 Cal. 2d 399
People v. Oreck · 74 Cal. App. 2d 215
Bridge v. Ruggles · 260 P. 553
People v. Koehn · 279 P. 646
People v. Fronk · 255 P. 777

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People v. Zamora · 557 P.2d 75
Murgia v. Municipal Court · 540 P.2d 44
People v. Sirhan · 497 P.2d 1121
People v. Milan · 9 Cal. 3d 185
People v. Crosby · 58 Cal. 2d 713
People v. Robinson · 392 P.2d 970
Tribeca Companies, LLC v. First American Title Insurance · 239 Cal. App. 4th 1088
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People v. Guthrie · 144 Cal. App. 3d 832
People v. Clay · 18 Cal. App. 3d 964

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