People v. Mesa

Decided June 4, 2012. Goodwin Hon Liu wrote the opinion for the court.

54 Cal. 4th 191 · Cited 195 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. Herrera · 83 Cal. Rptr. 2d 307
• People v. Harrison · 768 P.2d 1078
• People v. Siko · 755 P.2d 294
• People v. M.S. · 10 Cal. 4th 698
• People v. Douglas · 39 Cal. App. 4th 1385
• People v. Andrew Khac Vu · 49 Cal. Rptr. 3d 765
• People v. Latimer · 858 P.2d 611
• People v. Oates · 88 P.3d 56
• People v. Mendoza · 59 Cal. App. 4th 1333
• People v. Tideman · 57 Cal. 2d 574
• People v. Lamas · 169 P.3d 102
• People v. Solis · 109 Cal. Rptr. 2d 464
• People v. Ferraez · 5 Cal. Rptr. 3d 640
• People v. Louie · 203 Cal. App. 4th 388
• People v. Snyder · 50 Cal. 2d 190
• People v. Jose P. · 130 Cal. Rptr. 2d 810

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• People v. Calles · 209 Cal. App. 4th 1200
• People v. Barba · 211 Cal. App. 4th 214
• People v. Robinson · 208 Cal. App. 4th 232
• People v. Phung · 236 Cal. Rptr. 3d 174
• People v. Dydouangphan · 211 Cal. App. 4th 772
• People v. Infante · 58 Cal. 4th 688
• People v. Mejia · 211 Cal. Rptr. 3d 112
• People v. Jones · 54 Cal. 4th 350
• People v. Phung · 9 Cal. App. 5th 866

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