State Supreme Court / Cal.

People v. Ledesma

Decided January 2, 1987. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

729 P.2d 839 · Cited 1,290 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.

People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
People v. Pope · 590 P.2d 859
People v. Ramey · 545 P.2d 1333
People v. Fosselman · 659 P.2d 1144
People v. Frierson · 599 P.2d 587
In Re Hall · 637 P.2d 690
People v. Dumas · 512 P.2d 1208
People v. Guerra · 690 P.2d 635
In Re Imbler · 387 P.2d 6
People v. Beivelman · 70 Cal. 2d 60
People v. McDonald · 690 P.2d 709
Badillo v. Superior Court · 46 Cal. 2d 269
People v. Louis · 728 P.2d 180
People v. Berryman · 6 Cal. 2d 331
People v. Mozingo · 671 P.2d 363
People v. Harwood · 74 Cal. App. 3d 460
Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1
People v. Cahan · 282 P.2d 905
People v. Beagle · 492 P.2d 1
People v. Thompson · 611 P.2d 883
People v. Haskett · 640 P.2d 776
People v. James · 561 P.2d 1135
People v. Chi Ko Wong · 557 P.2d 976
People v. Harris · 679 P.2d 433

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In Re Nourn · 52 Cal. Rptr. 3d 31
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In Re Gay · 968 P.2d 476
In Re E.S. · 171 Cal. App. 4th 1219
People v. Edward S. · 173 Cal. App. 4th 387
People v. Barnett · 954 P.2d 384
People v. Burnett · 83 Cal. Rptr. 2d 629
In Re Avena · 909 P.2d 1017
People v. Davis · 896 P.2d 119
In Re Resendiz · 19 P.3d 1171
People v. Paredes · 71 Cal. Rptr. 3d 148
People v. Mayfield · 852 P.2d 331
People v. Ledesma · 140 P.3d 657
People v. Hart · 976 P.2d 683
In Re Fields · 800 P.2d 862
People v. Mesa · 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 875
In Re Visciotti · 14 Cal. 4th 325
In re Hill · 198 Cal. App. 4th 1008
People v. Jennings · 807 P.2d 1009
People v. Howard · 190 Cal. App. 3d 41
People v. Sanders · 221 Cal. App. 3d 350
People v. Frye · 959 P.2d 183

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