People v. Ochoa

Decided January 27, 1999. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

966 P.2d 442 · Cited 685 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.

• Hovey v. Superior Court · 616 P.2d 1301
• People v. Barton · 906 P.2d 531
• People v. Anderson · 742 P.2d 1306
• Keenan v. Superior Court · 640 P.2d 108
• People v. Memro · 905 P.2d 1305
• Carlos v. Superior Court · 672 P.2d 862
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Jennings · 807 P.2d 1009
• People v. Hill · 839 P.2d 984
• People v. Breverman · 960 P.2d 1094
• People v. Gordon · 792 P.2d 251
• People v. DeSantis · 831 P.2d 1210
• People v. Jacobson · 63 Cal. 2d 319
• People v. Ledesma · 729 P.2d 839
• People v. Pope · 590 P.2d 859
• People v. Freeman · 882 P.2d 249
• People v. Morris · 807 P.2d 949
• People v. Hines · 15 Cal. 4th 997
• People v. Collie · 634 P.2d 534
• People v. Hawkins · 897 P.2d 574
• People v. Davenport · 906 P.2d 1068
• People v. Aguilera · 51 Cal. App. 4th 1151
• People v. Brock · 66 Cal. 2d 645
• People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
• People v. Stanley · 897 P.2d 481

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• People v. Ayala · 1 P.3d 3
• People v. Rices · 226 Cal. Rptr. 3d 118
• People v. Alvarez · 46 P.3d 372
• People v. Bennett · 45 Cal. 4th 577
• People v. Zambrano · 163 P.3d 4
• People v. Heard · 75 P.3d 53
• People v. Chavez · 231 Cal. Rptr. 3d 20
• People v. Anderson · 22 P.3d 347
• People v. Cunningham · 25 P.3d 519
• People v. Carter · 117 P.3d 476
• People v. Prieto · 66 P.3d 1123
• People v. Navarette · 66 P.3d 1182
• People v. Haley · 96 P.3d 170
• People v. I.F. (In re I.F.) · 229 Cal. Rptr. 3d 462
• People v. Alvarez · 27 Cal. 4th 1161
• People v. Smithey · 978 P.2d 1171
• People v. Ochoa · 28 P.3d 78
• People v. Taylor · 34 P.3d 937
• People v. Turk · 164 Cal. App. 4th 1361
• People v. Lewis · 22 P.3d 392
• People v. Anderson · 25 Cal. 4th 543
• People v. Boyer · 133 P.3d 581
• People v. Geier · 161 P.3d 104
• People v. Ervin · 990 P.2d 506
• People v. Bemore · 996 P.2d 1152

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