People v. Lam Thanh Nguyen

Decided August 13, 2015. Goodwin Hon Liu wrote the opinion for the court.

61 Cal. 4th 1015 · Cited 425 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. Ross · 66 Cal. Rptr. 3d 438
• People v. Thompson · 753 P.2d 37
• People v. Levitt · 156 Cal. App. 3d 500
• People v. Riggs · 44 Cal. 4th 248
• People v. Stewart · 93 P.3d 271
• People v. Neal · 72 P.3d 280
• People v. Valdez · 177 Cal. App. 3d 680
• People v. Nelson · 51 Cal. 4th 198
• People v. Thomas · 269 P.3d 1109
• Oregon v. Hass · 420 U.S. 714
• Wood v. Georgia · 450 U.S. 261
• People v. Rodrigues · 885 P.2d 1
• People v. Arias · 13 Cal. 4th 92
• People v. Letner and Tobin · 235 P.3d 62
• People v. Wheeler · 841 P.2d 938
• People v. Morales · 18 P.3d 11
• People v. Cain · 892 P.2d 1224
• Jackson v. Virginia · 443 U.S. 307
• Harris v. New York · 401 U.S. 222
• Tumey v. Ohio · 273 U.S. 510
• Pulley v. Harris · 465 U.S. 37
• People v. Doolin · 45 Cal. 4th 390
• Morgan v. Illinois · 504 U.S. 719
• Missouri v. Seibert · 542 U.S. 600
• Griffin v. United States · 502 U.S. 46

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