State Supreme Court / Cal.

People v. Michael

Decided December 9, 1955. Roger J. Traynor wrote the opinion for the court.

45 Cal. 2d 751 · Cited 293 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.

In Re Dixon · 41 Cal. 2d 756
Amos v. United States · 255 U.S. 313
United States v. Di Re · 332 U.S. 581
State v. Lindway · 2 N.E.2d 490
State v. Hagan · 274 P. 628
The People v. Lind · 18 N.E.2d 189
Pritchett v. State · 143 P.2d 622
Gray v. State · 9 N.W.2d 68
Smuk v. People · 72 Colo. 97
Clark v. State · 149 P.2d 994

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