People v. McFarland

Decided January 9, 1989. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

765 P.2d 493 · Cited 75 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.

• Wilkoff v. Superior Court · 696 P.2d 134
• Neal v. State of California · 55 Cal. 2d 11
• People v. McNiece · 181 Cal. App. 3d 1048
• People v. Gutierrez · 189 Cal. App. 3d 596
• People v. Miller · 558 P.2d 552
• People v. Lobaugh · 18 Cal. App. 3d 75
• People v. Smith · 163 Cal. App. 3d 908
• People v. De Casaus · 150 Cal. App. 2d 274
• People v. Eagles · 133 Cal. App. 3d 330
• People v. Jones · 164 Cal. App. 3d 1173

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• People v. Calles · 209 Cal. App. 4th 1200
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• In Re Reeves · 110 P.3d 1218
• People v. Ramirez · 6 Cal. App. 4th 1762
• People v. Arndt · 69 Cal. App. 4th 154
• People v. Arndt · 76 Cal. App. 4th 387
• People v. Garcia · 32 Cal. App. 4th 1756
• People v. Newton · 66 Cal. Rptr. 3d 422
• People v. Thompson · 180 Cal. App. 4th 974
• People v. Flood · 957 P.2d 869
• People v. Jones · 54 Cal. 4th 350
• People v. King · 851 P.2d 27
• People v. M.S. · 10 Cal. 4th 698
• People v. Weaver · 58 Cal. Rptr. 3d 18
• People v. Centers · 86 Cal. Rptr. 2d 151
• People v. Mehserle · 206 Cal. App. 4th 1125
• People v. Murray · 225 Cal. App. 3d 734
• People v. Moore · 211 Cal. App. 3d 1400
• People v. Nemwan · 238 Cal. App. 4th 103
• People v. AUSBIE · 20 Cal. Rptr. 3d 371
• People v. Walker · 231 Cal. App. 4th 1270
• People v. Valenzuela · 40 Cal. App. 4th 358
• People v. Golliver · 219 Cal. App. 3d 1612
• People v. Dydouangphan · 211 Cal. App. 4th 772

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