People v. Pearson

Decided March 21, 2013. Ming William Chin wrote the opinion for the court.

56 Cal. 4th 393 · Cited 527 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. Sapp · 73 P.3d 433
• People v. Edwards · 819 P.2d 436
• People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
• People v. Frye · 18 Cal. 4th 894
• People v. Weaver · 29 P.3d 103
• People v. Bolden · 58 P.3d 931
• People v. Taylor · 229 P.3d 12
• People v. Coddington · 2 P.3d 1081
• People v. Dungo · 55 Cal. 4th 608
• People v. Sturm · 129 P.3d 10
• People v. Young · 105 P.3d 487
• People v. Arias · 13 Cal. 4th 92
• People v. Brown · 73 P.3d 1137
• People v. Crandell · 760 P.2d 423
• People v. Champion · 891 P.2d 93
• People v. Wallace · 44 Cal. 4th 1032
• People v. Tafoya · 164 P.3d 590
• People v. Schmeck · 118 P.3d 451
• People v. Eubanks · 266 P.3d 301
• People v. Doolin · 45 Cal. 4th 390
• People v. Zamudio · 181 P.3d 105
• People v. Partida · 122 P.3d 765
• People v. Price · 821 P.2d 610
• People v. Rodrigues · 885 P.2d 1

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• People v. Hajek and Vo · 58 Cal. 4th 1144
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• People v. Seumanu · 61 Cal. 4th 1293
• People v. Capistrano · 59 Cal. 4th 830
• People v. Sandoval · 62 Cal. 4th 394
• People v. Rodriguez · 58 Cal. 4th 587
• The People v. Fernandez · 216 Cal. App. 4th 540
• People v. Boatman · 221 Cal. App. 4th 1253
• People v. Bryant, Smith and Wheeler · 60 Cal. 4th 335
• People v. Rangel · 62 Cal. 4th 1192
• The People v. Edwards · 57 Cal. 4th 658
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• People v. Grimes · 1 Cal. 5th 698
• People v. Thompson · 1 Cal. 5th 1043
• People v. Williams · 61 Cal. 4th 1244

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