People v. Houston

Decided August 2, 2012. Goodwin Hon Liu wrote the opinion for the court.

54 Cal. 4th 1186 · Cited 533 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. Carter · 117 P.3d 476
• People v. Mancebo · 41 P.3d 556
• People v. Arias · 182 Cal. App. 4th 1009
• People v. Geier · 161 P.3d 104
• People v. Watson · 299 P.2d 243
• People v. Avila · 46 Cal. 4th 680
• People v. Booker · 51 Cal. 4th 141
• People v. Carrington · 47 Cal. 4th 145
• People v. Blacksher · 259 P.3d 370
• People v. Sturm · 129 P.3d 10
• People v. Beeman · 674 P.2d 1318
• People v. Smith · 124 P.3d 730
• People v. Guerra · 129 P.3d 321
• People v. Boyer · 133 P.3d 581
• People v. Taylor · 229 P.3d 12
• People v. Murtishaw · 631 P.2d 446
• People v. Seel · 34 Cal. 4th 535
• People v. Zamudio · 181 P.3d 105
• People v. Cole · 95 P.3d 811
• People v. Boyette · 58 P.3d 391
• People v. Anderson · 447 P.2d 942
• People v. Rogers · 141 P.3d 135
• People v. Kelly · 822 P.2d 385
• People v. Lewis · 25 Cal. 4th 610
• People v. Prettyman · 14 Cal. 4th 248

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• People v. Townsel · 63 Cal. 4th 25
• People v. Masters · 62 Cal. 4th 1019
• People v. Brown · 210 Cal. App. 4th 1
• People v. Hicks · 225 Cal. Rptr. 3d 682
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• P. v. Petronella CA4/3 · 218 Cal. App. 4th 945
• People v. Williams · 7 Cal. App. 5th 644
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• People v. Blessett · 232 Cal. Rptr. 3d 164
• People v. Acosta · 226 Cal. App. 4th 108
• People v. Tennard · 226 Cal. Rptr. 3d 652

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