People v. Pensinger

Decided February 28, 1991. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

805 P.2d 899 · Cited 348 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.

• People v. Phillips · 711 P.2d 423
• People v. Davenport · 710 P.2d 861
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Fields · 673 P.2d 680
• People v. Alcala · 685 P.2d 1126
• People v. Wade · 750 P.2d 794
• People v. Robertson · 655 P.2d 279
• People v. Steger · 546 P.2d 665
• People v. Walker · 765 P.2d 70
• People v. Anderson · 447 P.2d 942
• People v. Lang · 782 P.2d 627
• People v. Shirley · 723 P.2d 1354
• People v. Harris · 623 P.2d 240
• People v. Carrera · 777 P.2d 121
• People v. Whitt · 685 P.2d 1161
• People v. Pope · 590 P.2d 859
• Carlos v. Superior Court · 672 P.2d 862
• People v. Frierson · 599 P.2d 587
• People v. Howard · 749 P.2d 279
• In Re Hall · 637 P.2d 690
• People v. Ledesma · 729 P.2d 839
• People v. Rodriguez · 726 P.2d 113
• People v. Melton · 750 P.2d 741
• People v. Brown · 726 P.2d 516
• People v. Bloom · 774 P.2d 698

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• People v. Elliot · 122 P.3d 968
• People v. Leal · 130 Cal. Rptr. 2d 374
• People v. Livaditis · 831 P.2d 297
• People v. Johnson · 842 P.2d 1
• In Re Avena · 909 P.2d 1017
• People v. Simington · 19 Cal. App. 4th 1374
• People v. Pinholster · 824 P.2d 571
• People v. Raley · 830 P.2d 712
• People v. Anderson · 235 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
• People v. Griffin · 27 Cal. Rptr. 3d 734
• People v. Williams · 16 Cal. 4th 153
• People v. Tully · 54 Cal. 4th 952
• People v. Carpenter · 15 Cal. 4th 312
• People v. Johnson · 859 P.2d 673
• People v. Padilla · 906 P.2d 388
• People v. Kirkpatrick · 874 P.2d 248
• People v. Vance · 188 Cal. App. 4th 1182
• People v. Healy · 14 Cal. App. 4th 1137
• People v. Carpenter · 15 Cal. 4th 312
• People v. Medina · 906 P.2d 2
• People v. Turner · 878 P.2d 521

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