State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

People v. Murphy

Decided August 27, 1959. Allen W. Ashburn wrote the opinion for the court.

173 Cal. App. 2d 367 · Cited 76 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. West · 144 Cal. App. 2d 214
People v. MacEwing · 45 Cal. 2d 218
People v. Sanson · 156 Cal. App. 2d 250
People v. Ambrose · 155 Cal. App. 2d 513
People v. Barnett · 323 P.2d 96
Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United States · 282 U.S. 344
People v. Simon · 45 Cal. 2d 645
Badillo v. Superior Court · 46 Cal. 2d 269
People v. Roberts · 47 Cal. 2d 374
People v. Brown · 45 Cal. 2d 640
People v. Wayne · 41 Cal. 2d 814
People v. Braun · 14 Cal. 2d 1
People v. Henderson · 34 Cal. 2d 340
Christal v. Police Commission · 33 Cal. App. 2d 564
People v. Gale · 46 Cal. 2d 253
People v. Millum · 42 Cal. 2d 524
People v. Green · 102 Cal. App. 2d 831
People v. Spicer · 163 Cal. App. 2d 678
People v. Purcell · 22 Cal. App. 2d 126
People v. Kittrelle · 227 P.2d 38
People v. Stewart · 113 Cal. App. 2d 687
People v. Sawaya · 46 Cal. App. 2d 466
People v. McNamara · 103 Cal. App. 2d 729
People v. Ball · 162 Cal. App. 2d 465
People v. Rhodes · 30 P.2d 1026

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