People v. Ledesma

Decided August 17, 2006. Ronald M. George wrote the opinion for the court.

140 P.3d 657 · Cited 632 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.

• In Re Spencer · 63 Cal. 2d 400
• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• People v. Morse · 452 P.2d 607
• People v. Drew · 583 P.2d 1318
• People v. Ledesma · 729 P.2d 839
• Hovey v. Superior Court · 616 P.2d 1301
• People v. Cantrell · 504 P.2d 1256
• People v. Jennings · 807 P.2d 1009
• Tapia v. Superior Court · 807 P.2d 434
• People v. Dennis · 177 Cal. App. 3d 863
• People v. Pride · 833 P.2d 643
• People v. Johnson · 767 P.2d 1047
• People v. Wright · 755 P.2d 1049
• People v. Alvarez · 46 P.3d 372
• People v. Clark · 789 P.2d 127
• People v. Espinoza · 838 P.2d 204
• People v. Karlin · 231 Cal. App. 2d 227
• People v. Weaver · 29 P.3d 103
• People v. Medina · 906 P.2d 2
• People v. Daniels · 802 P.2d 906
• People v. Coddington · 2 P.3d 1081
• People v. Stewart · 93 P.3d 271
• People v. Gionis · 892 P.2d 1199
• People v. Combs · 101 P.3d 1007
• People v. Sanders · 797 P.2d 561

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• People v. Superior Court of Riverside Cnty. · 220 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
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• People v. DePriest · 163 P.3d 896
• People v. Bell · 246 Cal. Rptr. 3d 527
• People v. Wall (Randall) · 224 Cal. Rptr. 3d 861
• People v. Lewis · 181 P.3d 947
• People v. Murtishaw · 51 Cal. 4th 574
• People v. Clark · 52 Cal. 4th 856
• People v. Verdugo · 50 Cal. 4th 263
• People v. Foss · 65 Cal. Rptr. 3d 790
• People v. Lynch · 237 P.3d 416
• People v. Verdugo · 50 Cal. 4th 263
• People v. Centeno · 60 Cal. 4th 659
• People v. Hajek and Vo · 58 Cal. 4th 1144
• People v. Duff · 58 Cal. 4th 527
• People v. Lopez · 175 P.3d 4
• People v. Lucas · 60 Cal. 4th 153
• People v. Salcido · 44 Cal. 4th 93
• People v. Thompson · 1 Cal. 5th 1043
• People v. Lopez · 56 Cal. 4th 1028
• People v. Franklin · 248 Cal. App. 4th 938
• P. v. Nunez & Satele · 57 Cal. 4th 1
• People v. Rodriguez · 58 Cal. 4th 587
• People v. Allen and Johnson · 264 P.3d 336

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