People v. Johnson

Decided February 29, 1980. Mathew Tobriner wrote the opinion for the court.

606 P.2d 738 · Cited 2,018 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.

• Townsend v. Superior Court · 543 P.2d 619
• People v. Wilson · 383 P.2d 452
• People v. Bassett · 69 Cal. 2d 122
• People v. Floyd · 464 P.2d 64
• Sykes v. Superior Court · 507 P.2d 90
• People v. Reilly · 475 P.2d 649
• Thompson v. City of Louisville · 362 U.S. 199
• In Re Lopez · 39 Cal. 2d 118
• Herrick v. Municipal Court · 151 Cal. App. 2d 804
• People v. Blum · 35 Cal. App. 3d 515
• People v. Pope · 590 P.2d 859
• People v. Mosher · 461 P.2d 659
• People v. Reyes · 526 P.2d 225
• People v. Hill · 429 P.2d 586
• Kirkpatrick v. Roderick P. · 500 P.2d 1
• Linsk v. Linsk · 70 Cal. 2d 272
• People v. Kirkpatrick · 498 P.2d 992
• Batey v. Superior Court of L.A. Cty. · 71 Cal. App. 3d 952
• People v. Superior Court (Lerma) · 48 Cal. App. 3d 1003
• Estate of Teed · 112 Cal. App. 2d 638
• People v. Merkouris · 297 P.2d 999
• Scherling v. Superior Court · 585 P.2d 219
• People v. Godlewski · 22 Cal. 2d 677
• People v. Frederick G. · 96 Cal. App. 3d 353
• In Re Begerow · 65 P. 828

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• People v. Sutton · 227 P.3d 437
• Gomez v. Municipal Court · 169 Cal. App. 3d 425
• People v. Superior Court (Alexander) · 31 Cal. App. 4th 1119
• Greenberger v. Superior Court · 219 Cal. App. 3d 487
• People v. Sutton · 165 Cal. App. 4th 646
• Sanchez v. Superior Court · 131 Cal. App. 3d 884
• Barsamyan v. Appellate Div. of Superior Ct. · 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 554
• Barsamyan v. Appellate Division of Superior Court · 44 Cal. 4th 960
• Bryant v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 186 Cal. App. 3d 483
• People v. Engram · 240 P.3d 237
• Rhinehart v. Municipal Court · 677 P.2d 1206
• People v. Cuevas · 906 P.2d 1290
• People v. HAJJAJ · 50 Cal. 4th 1184
• Stroud v. Superior Court · 4 P.3d 933
• People v. Silvey · 58 Cal. App. 4th 1320
• Smith v. Superior Court · 189 Cal. App. 4th 769
• People v. Towler · 641 P.2d 1253
• People v. Caldwell · 681 P.2d 274
• People v. Jacobo · 249 Cal. Rptr. 3d 236
• Arreola v. Municipal Court · 139 Cal. App. 3d 108
• People v. Frye · 959 P.2d 183
• People v. Sutton · 73 Cal. Rptr. 3d 886
• People v. Jones · 792 P.2d 643
• People v. Guerra · 129 P.3d 321
• People v. Wolfe · 229 Cal. Rptr. 3d 414

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