People v. Nelson

Decided January 20, 2011. Carol Ann Corrigan wrote the opinion for the court.

51 Cal. 4th 198 · Cited 387 times

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

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. Lewis · 140 P.3d 775
• People v. Bramit · 46 Cal. 4th 1221
• People v. Birks · 960 P.2d 1073
• People v. Carter · 70 P.3d 981
• People v. Ervine · 47 Cal. 4th 745
• People v. Maury · 68 P.3d 1
• People v. Prince · 156 P.3d 1015
• People v. Rundle · 180 P.3d 224
• People v. Gonzalez · 800 P.2d 1159
• People v. Cruz · 44 Cal. 4th 636
• People v. Burney · 47 Cal. 4th 203
• People v. Harris · 43 Cal. 4th 1269
• People v. McDermott · 51 P.3d 874
• People v. Zamudio · 181 P.3d 105
• People v. Dillon · 668 P.2d 697
• People v. Cunningham · 25 P.3d 519
• People v. Kraft · 5 P.3d 68
• People v. Coffman · 96 P.3d 30
• People v. Lindberg · 45 Cal. 4th 1
• People v. Hughes · 39 P.3d 432
• People v. Mendoza · 6 P.3d 150
• People v. Manriquez · 123 P.3d 614
• People v. Guerra · 129 P.3d 321
• People v. Boyer · 133 P.3d 581
• People v. Yeoman · 72 P.3d 1166

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• People v. Boatman · 221 Cal. App. 4th 1253
• People v. Lam Thanh Nguyen · 61 Cal. 4th 1015
• People v. McDonough · 196 Cal. App. 4th 1472
• People v. Scott · 257 P.3d 703
• People v. Williams · 58 Cal. 4th 197
• People v. Kopatz · 61 Cal. 4th 62
• People v. Tully · 54 Cal. 4th 952
• People v. Kopp · 250 Cal. Rptr. 3d 852
• People v. Valdez · 55 Cal. 4th 82
• People v. Merriman · 60 Cal. 4th 1
• People v. Rivera · 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 363
• People v. Virgil · 253 P.3d 553
• People v. Livingston · 53 Cal. 4th 1181
• People v. Enraca · 269 P.3d 543
• People v. Gomez · 240 Cal. Rptr. 3d 315
• People v. Gutierrez · 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 850
• People v. Winbush · 213 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
• People v. Brimmer · 230 Cal. App. 4th 782
• People v. Rices · 226 Cal. Rptr. 3d 118
• People v. Williams · 56 Cal. 4th 165
• People v. Pedroza · 231 Cal. App. 4th 635

Explore from here

Carol Ann Corrigan’s Judicial Record · Cal. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).