People v. Kelly

Decided January 16, 1992. Armand Arabian wrote the opinion for the court.

822 P.2d 385 · Cited 653 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.

• Hovey v. Superior Court · 616 P.2d 1301
• People v. Skinner · 704 P.2d 752
• People v. Drew · 583 P.2d 1318
• People v. Kelly · 800 P.2d 516
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Lanphear · 608 P.2d 689
• People v. Wright · 755 P.2d 1049
• People v. Ramkeesoon · 702 P.2d 613
• People v. Sellers · 203 Cal. App. 3d 1042
• Drope v. Missouri · 420 U.S. 162
• People v. Benson · 802 P.2d 330
• People v. Jones · 811 P.2d 757
• State v. White · 815 P.2d 869
• People v. Cooper · 809 P.2d 865
• People v. Edwards · 819 P.2d 436
• People v. Morris · 756 P.2d 843
• People v. Owens · 564 N.E.2d 1184
• People v. Morales · 770 P.2d 244
• People v. Frierson · 808 P.2d 1197
• People v. Milner · 753 P.2d 669
• People v. Jackson · 783 P.2d 211
• People v. Stankewitz · 648 P.2d 578
• People v. Mirmirani · 636 P.2d 1130
• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• People v. Anderson · 742 P.2d 1306

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• People v. Braslaw · 233 Cal. App. 4th 1239
• People v. Bonilla · 240 Cal. Rptr. 3d 560
• People v. SOMERSALL · 89 Cal. Rptr. 2d 449
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• People v. Guerra · 129 P.3d 321
• People v. Carpenter · 15 Cal. 4th 312
• People v. Avena · 13 Cal. 4th 394
• People v. McGowan · 74 Cal. Rptr. 3d 57
• People v. Miller · 28 Cal. App. 4th 522
• People v. Avena · 13 Cal. 4th 394
• People v. Carpenter · 15 Cal. 4th 312
• People v. Bradford · 15 Cal. 4th 1229
• People v. Huggins · 131 P.3d 995
• People v. Coddington · 2 P.3d 1081
• People v. Frye · 959 P.2d 183
• People v. Holt · 15 Cal. 4th 619
• People v. Arias · 13 Cal. 4th 92
• People v. Medina · 906 P.2d 2
• People v. Stitely · 108 P.3d 182
• People v. Kelly · 171 P.3d 548
• People v. Rosales · 222 Cal. App. 4th 1254

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