People v. Mesa

Decided November 14, 2006. Dennis M. Perluss wrote the opinion for the court.

50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 875 · Cited 113 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. Huggins · 131 P.3d 995
• People v. Ledesma · 729 P.2d 839
• People v. Williams · 16 Cal. 4th 153
• People v. Turner · 99 P.3d 505
• In Re Avena · 909 P.2d 1017
• People v. Lucero · 750 P.2d 1342
• People v. Waidla · 996 P.2d 46
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Cunningham · 25 P.3d 519
• People v. Lucas · 907 P.2d 373
• People v. Karis · 758 P.2d 1189
• People v. Medina · 906 P.2d 2
• People v. Mincey · 827 P.2d 388
• People v. Dennis · 17 Cal. 4th 468
• People v. Mitcham · 824 P.2d 1277
• People v. Box · 5 P.3d 130
• People v. Jones · 64 P.3d 762
• In Re Fields · 800 P.2d 862
• People v. Quartermain · 16 Cal. 4th 600
• People v. Vargas · 509 P.2d 959
• People v. Medina · 41 Cal. App. 3d 438
• People v. Gonzalez · 64 Cal. App. 4th 432
• People v. Lewis · 12 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
• People v. Howard · 190 Cal. App. 3d 41

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• People v. Blessett · 232 Cal. Rptr. 3d 164
• People v. Batchelor · 229 Cal. App. 4th 1102
• People v. Valenti · 243 Cal. App. 4th 1140
• The People v. Fernandez · 216 Cal. App. 4th 540
• People v. Carr · 190 Cal. App. 4th 475
• People v. Smith · 179 Cal. App. 4th 986
• People v. Bichara · 212 Cal. Rptr. 3d 895

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