People v. Penny

Decided July 8, 1955. Jesse W. Carter wrote the opinion for the court.

285 P.2d 926 · Cited 147 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. Seiler · 207 P. 396
• People v. Pociask · 14 Cal. 2d 679
• People v. Wilson · 226 P. 5
• People v. McGee · 31 Cal. 2d 229
• People v. Freudenberg · 121 Cal. App. 2d 564
• People v. Carmen · 36 Cal. 2d 768
• Clinkscales v. Carver · 22 Cal. 2d 72
• People v. Southack · 39 Cal. 2d 578
• Pfingsten v. Westenhaver · 39 Cal. 2d 12
• People v. Mitchell · 27 Cal. 2d 678
• People v. Young · 20 Cal. 2d 832
• People v. Chavez · 77 Cal. App. 2d 621
• People v. Freeman · 61 Cal. App. 2d 110
• People v. Searle · 164 P.2d 819
• People v. Kerrick · 261 P. 756
• People v. Sica · 245 P. 461
• People v. Neff · 117 Cal. App. 2d 772
• Comstock v. Johnson · 100 Cal. App. 2d 73
• People v. Murray · 58 Cal. App. 2d 239
• People v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. · 27 Cal. App. 2d 725
• People v. Thomas · 25 Cal. 2d 880
• Warner v. Santa Catalina Island Co. · 44 Cal. 2d 310
• Hamilton Fire Insurance v. Greger · 158 N.E. 60
• Jensen v. Minard · 44 Cal. 2d 325
• People v. Keefer · 18 Cal. 636

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• People v. Bernhardt · 222 Cal. App. 2d 567
• People v. Clem · 92 Cal. Rptr. 2d 727
• People v. Jerry R. · 29 Cal. App. 4th 1432
• People v. Valdez · 42 P.3d 511
• People v. Stuart · 47 Cal. 2d 167
• People v. Wong · 35 Cal. App. 3d 812
• People v. Rathert · 6 P.3d 700
• People v. Wright · 123 Cal. Rptr. 2d 494
• People v. DeSpenza · 203 Cal. App. 2d 283
• People v. Rummler · 44 Cal. App. 3d 638
• People v. Walls · 239 Cal. App. 2d 543
• People v. Valdez · 27 Cal. 4th 778
• People v. Ochoa · 966 P.2d 442
• People v. Mayfield · 14 Cal. 4th 668
• People v. Blakeley · 23 Cal. 4th 82
• People v. Salas · 127 P.3d 40
• Thornton v. Dennis M. · 70 Cal. 2d 444

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