People v. Johnson

Decided January 21, 2016. Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye wrote the opinion for the court.

62 Cal. 4th 600 · Cited 222 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. Benson · 802 P.2d 330
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808
• People v. Boyde · 758 P.2d 25
• Booth v. Maryland · 482 U.S. 496
• People v. Linton · 56 Cal. 4th 1146
• People v. Bonilla · 160 P.3d 84
• People v. Karis · 758 P.2d 1189
• People v. Virgil · 253 P.3d 553
• People v. Nero · 181 Cal. App. 4th 504
• South Carolina v. Gathers · 490 U.S. 805
• People v. Jones · 54 Cal. 4th 1
• People v. Morales · 770 P.2d 244
• People v. McCoy · 24 P.3d 1210
• People v. Moon · 117 P.3d 591
• People v. Merriman · 60 Cal. 4th 1
• People v. Samaniego · 172 Cal. App. 4th 1148
• People v. Davis · 46 Cal. 4th 539
• People v. Johnson · 606 P.2d 738
• People v. Ledesma · 729 P.2d 839
• Tuilaepa v. California · 512 U.S. 967
• People v. Price · 821 P.2d 610
• People v. Mendoza Tello · 15 Cal. 4th 264
• People v. McKinnon · 259 P.3d 1186
• People v. Gurule · 51 P.3d 224
• People v. Jurado · 131 P.3d 400

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• People v. Melendez · 211 Cal. Rptr. 3d 49
• People v. Hardy · 233 Cal. Rptr. 3d 378
• People v. Gomez · 240 Cal. Rptr. 3d 315
• People v. Woodruff · 235 Cal. Rptr. 3d 513
• People v. Ghobrial · 234 Cal. Rptr. 3d 669
• People v. Anderson · 235 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
• People v. Casares · 62 Cal. 4th 808
• People v. Delgado · 214 Cal. Rptr. 3d 223
• People v. Price · 8 Cal. App. 5th 409
• People v. Erskine · 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 86

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