People v. Mayfield

Decided January 2, 1997. Joyce L. Kennard wrote the opinion for the court.

14 Cal. 4th 668 · Cited 563 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. Norris · 706 P.2d 1141
• People v. Price · 821 P.2d 610
• People v. Visciotti · 825 P.2d 388
• People v. Rodrigues · 885 P.2d 1
• Magee v. Superior Court · 34 Cal. App. 3d 201
• People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
• People v. Arias · 13 Cal. 4th 92
• People v. Mincey · 827 P.2d 388
• People v. Edelbacher · 766 P.2d 1
• People v. Hawkins · 897 P.2d 574
• People v. Medina · 799 P.2d 1282
• People v. Cole · 47 Cal. 2d 99
• People v. Johnson · 606 P.2d 738
• People v. Pope · 590 P.2d 859
• People v. Anderson · 447 P.2d 942
• People v. Cooper · 809 P.2d 865
• People v. Davis · 896 P.2d 119
• People v. Howard · 824 P.2d 1315
• People v. Memro · 905 P.2d 1305
• People v. Perez · 831 P.2d 1159
• People v. Jackson · 13 Cal. 4th 1164
• People v. Berryman · 864 P.2d 40
• People v. Windham · 560 P.2d 1187
• People v. Raley · 830 P.2d 712
• People v. Turner · 878 P.2d 521

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• People v. Thornton · 161 P.3d 3
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• People v. Carter · 117 P.3d 476
• People v. Chatman · 133 P.3d 534
• People v. Jones · 51 Cal. 4th 346
• People v. Smith · 233 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
• People v. Bramit · 46 Cal. 4th 1221
• People v. Mayo · 44 Cal. Rptr. 3d 497
• People v. Rathert · 6 P.3d 700
• People v. Fields · 61 Cal. App. 4th 1063
• People v. Jenkins · 997 P.2d 1044
• People v. Steele · 47 P.3d 225
• People v. Friend · 47 Cal. 4th 1
• People v. Ervine · 47 Cal. 4th 745
• People v. Brown · 59 Cal. 4th 86
• People v. Lenart · 88 P.3d 498
• People v. Catlin · 26 P.3d 357
• People v. Miller · 62 Cal. Rptr. 3d 900

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