People v. Mearns

Decided April 5, 2002. Paul Turner wrote the opinion for the court.

118 Cal. Rptr. 2d 511 · Cited 108 times

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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. Thygesen · 69 Cal. App. 4th 988
• People v. Rowland · 51 Cal. App. 4th 1745
• People v. Phelps · 41 Cal. App. 4th 946
• People v. Ortiz · 53 Cal. App. 4th 791
• People v. Tucker · 37 Cal. App. 4th 1
• People v. Carbajal · 899 P.2d 67
• California Teachers Ass'n v. Governing Board of Rialto Unified School District · 14 Cal. 4th 627
• Lakin v. Watkins Associated Industries · 863 P.2d 179
• People v. Jones · 857 P.2d 1163
• In Re Marriage of Bouquet · 546 P.2d 1371
• People v. Birkett · 980 P.2d 912
• Freedom Newspapers, Inc. v. Orange County Employees Retirement System Board of Directors · 863 P.2d 218
• People v. Jenkins · 893 P.2d 1224
• Clean Air Constituency v. California State Air Resources Board · 523 P.2d 617
• People v. Valladoli · 13 Cal. 4th 590
• People v. Rubalcava · 1 P.3d 52
• People v. Broussard · 856 P.2d 1134
• Mercer v. Department of Motor Vehicles · 809 P.2d 404
• Webster v. Superior Court · 758 P.2d 596
• Walters v. Weed · 752 P.2d 443
• Alford v. Pierno · 27 Cal. App. 3d 682
• People v. Lyon · 49 Cal. App. 4th 1521
• People v. Whisenand · 37 Cal. App. 4th 1383
• People v. Dalvito · 56 Cal. App. 4th 557
• People v. Young · 38 Cal. App. 4th 560

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