People v. Mattson

Decided March 17, 1959. B Rey Schauer wrote the opinion for the court.

336 P.2d 937 · Cited 272 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.

• Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
• People v. Chesser · 29 Cal. 2d 815
• People v. Northcott · 289 P. 634
• Betts v. Brady · 316 U.S. 455
• People v. Chessman · 38 Cal. 2d 166
• People v. Merkouris · 297 P.2d 999
• Tomkins v. Missouri · 323 U.S. 485
• People v. Lanigan · 22 Cal. 2d 569
• In Re Hough · 24 Cal. 2d 522
• In Re Atchley · 48 Cal. 2d 408
• People v. McKinney · 152 Cal. App. 2d 332
• People v. Glenn · 96 Cal. App. 2d 859
• Chandler v. Warden Fretag · 348 U.S. 3
• Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Herman v. Claudy · 350 U.S. 116
• Reece v. Georgia · 350 U.S. 85
• People v. Shorts · 32 Cal. 2d 502
• In Re Connor · 16 Cal. 2d 701
• In Re James · 38 Cal. 2d 302
• In re Levi · 39 Cal. 2d 41
• People v. McGarvy · 61 Cal. App. 2d 557
• People v. Avilez · 86 Cal. App. 2d 289
• In Re Ochse · 38 Cal. 2d 230
• In Re Gallagher Ex Rel. Qualls · 58 Cal. App. 2d 330
• Electric Utilities Co. v. Smallpage · 31 P.2d 412
• People v. Mims · 160 Cal. App. 2d 589

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• People v. Jackson · 186 Cal. App. 2d 307
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• In Re Barnett · 73 P.3d 1106
• Scott v. Superior Court · 212 Cal. App. 3d 505
• State v. Gethers · 197 Conn. 369
• People v. Ruiz · 263 Cal. App. 2d 216
• People v. Ortiz · 195 Cal. App. 2d 112
• People v. Duncan · 175 Cal. App. 2d 372
• People v. Spencer · 153 Cal. App. 3d 931
• People v. Hutton · 187 Cal. App. 3d 934
• People v. Linden · 52 Cal. 2d 1
• People v. Carter · 427 P.2d 214
• People v. Sharp · 499 P.2d 489
• People v. Vaughn · 455 P.2d 122
• People v. Aguirre · 181 Cal. App. 2d 577
• People v. Scott · 64 Cal. App. 4th 550
• In Re Turrieta · 54 Cal. 2d 816
• People v. Shields · 232 Cal. App. 2d 716
• People v. Scott · 75 Cal. Rptr. 2d 315
• People v. Davis · 161 Cal. App. 3d 796
• People v. Smith · 223 Cal. App. 2d 394
• People v. Beagle · 492 P.2d 1
• People v. Clark · 833 P.2d 561
• People v. Floyd · 464 P.2d 64

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