People v. Leon

Decided June 29, 2015. Goodwin Hon Liu wrote the opinion for the court.

61 Cal. 4th 569 · Cited 255 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.

• Wainwright v. Witt · 469 U.S. 412
• Crawford v. Washington · 541 U.S. 36
• People v. Ewoldt · 867 P.2d 757
• People v. Carasi · 44 Cal. 4th 1263
• People v. Wilson · 44 Cal. 4th 758
• People v. Vieira · 106 P.3d 990
• People v. Stewart · 93 P.3d 271
• People v. Cash · 50 P.3d 332
• People v. Mixon · 129 Cal. App. 3d 118
• People v. Perry · 60 Cal. App. 3d 608
• People v. Stanley · 897 P.2d 481
• People v. Boyer · 133 P.3d 581
• People v. Stitely · 108 P.3d 182
• People v. Watkins · 55 Cal. 4th 999
• People v. Balcom · 867 P.2d 777
• People v. Heard · 75 P.3d 53
• People v. Loker · 44 Cal. 4th 691
• Chapman v. California · 386 U.S. 18
• Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts · 557 U.S. 305
• Serfass v. United States · 420 U.S. 377
• People v. Cunningham · 25 P.3d 519
• People v. Partida · 122 P.3d 765
• People v. Jenkins · 997 P.2d 1044
• People v. Boyette · 58 P.3d 391
• People v. Avila · 133 P.3d 1076

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• People v. Winbush · 213 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
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• People v. Covarrubias · 1 Cal. 5th 838
• People v. Rices · 226 Cal. Rptr. 3d 118
• People v. Gallardo · 226 Cal. Rptr. 3d 699
• People v. Gonzales · 246 Cal. Rptr. 3d 843
• People v. Sanchez · 63 Cal. 4th 665
• People v. Dalton · 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 273
• People v. Gomez · 240 Cal. Rptr. 3d 315
• People v. Landry · 211 Cal. Rptr. 3d 160
• People v. Thompson · 1 Cal. 5th 1043
• People v. Buenrostro · 240 Cal. Rptr. 3d 704
• People v. Jones · 220 Cal. Rptr. 3d 618
• People v. Edward · 418 P.3d 360
• People v. Garton · 229 Cal. Rptr. 3d 624
• Travaris Richard Christian v. State of Mississippi · 207 So. 3d 1207

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