People v. McKinnon

Decided August 22, 2011. Kathryn Werdegar wrote the opinion for the court.

259 P.3d 1186 · Cited 543 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. Velasquez · 26 Cal. 3d 425
• People v. Avila · 133 P.3d 1076
• People v. Stewart · 93 P.3d 271
• People v. Basuta · 114 Cal. Rptr. 2d 285
• People v. Wilson · 44 Cal. 4th 758
• People v. Lee · 115 Cal. Rptr. 2d 828
• People v. Russell · 242 P.3d 68
• People v. Stitely · 108 P.3d 182
• People v. Schmeck · 118 P.3d 451
• People v. Ochoa · 28 P.3d 78
• In Re Anderson · 447 P.2d 117
• People v. Lanphear · 608 P.2d 689
• People v. Rodrigues · 885 P.2d 1
• People v. Guerra · 129 P.3d 321
• People v. Abilez · 161 P.3d 58
• People v. Wickersham · 650 P.2d 311
• People v. Thompson · 231 P.3d 289
• People v. Taylor · 229 P.3d 12
• Hovey v. Superior Court · 616 P.2d 1301
• People v. Parson · 44 Cal. 4th 332
• People v. McWhorter · 47 Cal. 4th 318
• People v. Ervine · 47 Cal. 4th 745
• People v. Risenhoover · 70 Cal. 2d 39
• People v. Lynch · 237 P.3d 416
• People v. Williams · 16 Cal. 4th 153

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