People v. Pendleton

Decided September 14, 1979. William P. Clark Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

25 Cal. 3d 371 · Cited 102 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.

• People v. Rhodes · 524 P.2d 363
• People v. King · 582 P.2d 1000
• People v. Thomas · 573 P.2d 433
• People v. Gauze · 542 P.2d 1365
• People v. Ireland · 450 P.2d 580
• People v. West · 477 P.2d 409
• People v. Kelley · 66 Cal. 2d 232
• People v. Talbot · 64 Cal. 2d 691
• People v. Cramer · 67 Cal. 2d 126
• People v. Greer · 30 Cal. 2d 589
• People v. Nye · 38 Cal. 2d 34
• Montgomery v. Superior Court · 46 Cal. App. 3d 657
• People v. Dobson · 12 Cal. App. 3d 1177
• Sparks v. Superior Court · 45 Cal. App. 3d 533

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• People v. Rush · 16 Cal. App. 4th 20
• People v. Wills-Watkins · 99 Cal. App. 3d 451
• People v. Rodriguez · 236 Cal. Rptr. 3d 304
• People v. Frye · 959 P.2d 183
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• People v. Salemme · 2 Cal. App. 4th 775
• People v. Rush · 16 Cal. App. 4th 20
• People v. McDonald · 111 Cal. App. 3d 39
• People v. Robert G. · 644 P.2d 837
• People v. Andrew I. · 230 Cal. App. 3d 572
• People v. Jackson · 110 Cal. App. 3d 560
• People v. Frye · 18 Cal. 4th 894
• People v. Key · 153 Cal. App. 3d 888
• People v. Clayton · 76 Cal. Rptr. 2d 536
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• People v. Riccardi · 54 Cal. 4th 758
• People v. Clark · 857 P.2d 1099
• People v. Geiger · 674 P.2d 1303
• People v. Tassell · 679 P.2d 1
• State v. Saltarelli · 655 P.2d 697
• People v. Shockley · 58 Cal. 4th 400
• People v. Balcom · 867 P.2d 777

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