People v. Nelson

Decided August 15, 2016. Goodwin Hon Liu wrote the opinion for the court.

1 Cal. 5th 513 · Cited 221 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.

• Beck v. Alabama · 447 U.S. 625
• People v. Beltran · 56 Cal. 4th 935
• People v. Engelman · 49 P.3d 209
• People v. Hughes · 39 P.3d 432
• Chapman v. California · 386 U.S. 18
• People v. Breverman · 960 P.2d 1094
• People v. Bolin · 956 P.2d 374
• People v. Moon · 117 P.3d 591
• People v. Morales · 770 P.2d 244
• Apprendi v. New Jersey · 530 U.S. 466
• People v. Johnson · 606 P.2d 738
• Godinez v. Moran · 509 U.S. 389
• People v. Dillon · 668 P.2d 697
• People v. Price · 821 P.2d 610
• People v. Boyette · 58 P.3d 391
• People v. Rogers · 141 P.3d 135
• People v. Avila · 46 Cal. 4th 680
• People v. Mayfield · 14 Cal. 4th 668
• People v. Guiton · 847 P.2d 45
• People v. Prince · 156 P.3d 1015
• People v. Boyer · 133 P.3d 581
• People v. Hillhouse · 40 P.3d 754
• People v. Rundle · 180 P.3d 224
• People v. Carpenter · 15 Cal. 4th 312
• The People v. Jones · 57 Cal. 4th 899

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• People v. Dalton · 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 273
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• People v. Garton · 229 Cal. Rptr. 3d 624
• People v. Macias · 237 Cal. Rptr. 3d 583
• People v. McShane · 248 Cal. Rptr. 3d 322
• People v. Saavedra · 234 Cal. Rptr. 3d 544
• People v. Hem · 242 Cal. Rptr. 3d 399

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