People v. Lessard

Decided September 27, 1962. Thomas P. White wrote the opinion for the court.

375 P.2d 46 · Cited 66 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. Carmen · 36 Cal. 2d 768
• People v. Carnine · 41 Cal. 2d 384
• People v. Bender · 27 Cal. 2d 164
• People v. Sutic · 41 Cal. 2d 483
• People v. Turville · 51 Cal. 2d 620
• People v. Dorman · 28 Cal. 2d 846
• People v. Watts · 247 P. 884
• People v. Bernard · 28 Cal. 2d 207
• People v. Honeycutt · 29 Cal. 2d 52
• People v. Henderson · 79 Cal. App. 2d 94
• People v. Peterson · 29 Cal. 2d 69
• Pruett v. Burr · 118 Cal. App. 2d 188
• People v. Cox · 174 Cal. App. 2d 30

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• In re Lessard · 62 Cal. 2d 497
• Keener v. Jeld-Wen, Inc. · 46 Cal. 4th 247
• People v. Resendez · 260 Cal. App. 2d 1
• People v. Flynn · 217 Cal. App. 2d 289
• People v. Anzalone · 56 Cal. 4th 545
• Ballard v. Uribe · 715 P.2d 624
• People v. Mendoza · 4 P.3d 265
• People v. Durham · 449 P.2d 198
• People v. Wright · 802 P.2d 221
• People v. Haston · 69 Cal. 2d 233
• People v. Modesto · 382 P.2d 33
• People v. Turner · 690 P.2d 669
• People v. Powell · 40 Cal. App. 3d 107
• State v. Velasquez · 672 P.2d 1254
• People v. Williams · 67 Cal. 2d 226
• Smith v. Covell · 100 Cal. App. 3d 947
• People v. Mabry · 71 Cal. 2d 430
• Andrews v. County of Orange · 130 Cal. App. 3d 944
• People v. Jeter · 60 Cal. 2d 671
• In Re Birdwell · 50 Cal. App. 4th 926
• People v. Banks · 465 P.2d 263
• People v. Mestas · 253 Cal. App. 2d 780
• People v. Lambright · 61 Cal. 2d 482
• Stark v. City of Los Angeles · 168 Cal. App. 3d 276
• People v. Valdez · 82 P.3d 296

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