State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

People v. Mendoza

Decided December 11, 1997. Fred Woods wrote the opinion for the court.

59 Cal. App. 4th 1333 · Cited 134 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. Johnson · 606 P.2d 738
People v. Barnes · 721 P.2d 110
People v. David L. · 234 Cal. App. 3d 1655
People v. Martinez · 53 Cal. App. 4th 1212
People v. Stanfield · 32 Cal. App. 4th 1152
People v. Garrett · 30 Cal. App. 4th 962
People v. Ford · 145 Cal. App. 3d 985
People v. Thomas · 83 Cal. App. 3d 511
Neal v. State of California · 55 Cal. 2d 11
People v. Flannel · 603 P.2d 1
People v. Thornton · 523 P.2d 267
People v. M.S. · 10 Cal. 4th 698
People v. Samuel · 629 P.2d 485
People v. Allen · 33 Cal. App. 4th 1149
People v. Tom Cheng Hsang Liu · 46 Cal. App. 4th 1119
People v. Kerr · 37 Cal. 2d 11
People v. Gudger · 29 Cal. App. 4th 310

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People v. Mesa · 54 Cal. 4th 191
People v. Franz · 106 Cal. Rptr. 2d 773
People v. Smith · 178 Cal. App. 4th 475
People v. Gaut · 95 Cal. App. 4th 1425
People v. Smith · 178 Cal. App. 4th 475
People v. Young · 105 P.3d 487
People v. George T. · 93 P.3d 1007
People v. Hamlin · 170 Cal. App. 4th 1412
People v. Wilson · 186 Cal. App. 4th 789
The People v. Culbert · 218 Cal. App. 4th 184
People v. Wahidi · 222 Cal. App. 4th 802
People v. Lopez · 88 Cal. Rptr. 2d 252
People v. Mosley · 65 Cal. Rptr. 3d 856
State v. Spainhower · 988 P.2d 452
Harris v. Garcia · 734 F. Supp. 2d 973
State v. Lopez · 27 A.3d 713

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