People v. Perez

Decided March 5, 1979. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

591 P.2d 63 · Cited 524 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.

• Neal v. State of California · 55 Cal. 2d 11
• People v. Beamon · 504 P.2d 905
• In re Hayes · 70 Cal. 2d 604
• People v. James · 561 P.2d 1135
• People v. Miller · 558 P.2d 552
• People v. Hicks · 63 Cal. 2d 764
• People v. Greer · 30 Cal. 2d 589
• People v. Slobodion · 31 Cal. 2d 555
• In Re Adams · 536 P.2d 473
• People v. Delgado · 32 Cal. App. 3d 242
• People v. Bauer · 461 P.2d 637
• People v. Massie · 66 Cal. 2d 899
• People v. Rist · 545 P.2d 833
• People v. Milan · 9 Cal. 3d 185
• People v. Warner · 574 P.2d 1237
• In Re McGrew · 66 Cal. 2d 685
• Seiterle v. Superior Court · 57 Cal. 2d 397
• In Re Calhoun · 549 P.2d 1235
• Stephens v. Toomey · 51 Cal. 2d 864
• George v. Bekins Van & Storage Co. · 33 Cal. 2d 834
• People v. Hurd · 5 Cal. App. 3d 865
• People v. Holly · 62 Cal. App. 3d 797
• People v. Sonoqui · 1 Cal. 2d 364
• People v. Mendevil · 81 Cal. App. 3d 84
• People v. Isenor · 17 Cal. App. 3d 324

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• People v. Britt · 131 Cal. Rptr. 2d 709
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• People v. Surdi · 35 Cal. App. 4th 685
• People v. Mejia · 211 Cal. Rptr. 3d 112
• People v. Ratcliffe · 124 Cal. App. 3d 808
• People v. Ratcliffe · 124 Cal. App. 3d 808
• People v. Hicks · 863 P.2d 714
• People v. Britt · 87 P.3d 812
• People v. Hammon · 191 Cal. App. 3d 1084
• People v. Jones · 18 P.3d 674
• People v. Masters · 195 Cal. App. 3d 1124
• People v. Castro · 27 Cal. App. 4th 578
• People v. Correa · 74 Cal. Rptr. 3d 446
• State v. Woods · 687 P.2d 1201
• People v. Clem · 104 Cal. App. 3d 337
• Portillo v. Superior Court · 10 Cal. App. 4th 1829
• People v. Anderson · 221 Cal. App. 3d 331
• People v. Madera · 231 Cal. App. 3d 845
• Reliable Enterprises, Inc. v. Superior Court · 158 Cal. App. 3d 604
• People v. Rodriguez · 160 Cal. App. 3d 207
• People v. Noelle M. · 169 Cal. App. 4th 193
• People v. Scott · 9 Cal. 4th 331
• People v. Nguyen · 204 Cal. App. 3d 181
• People v. Superior Court (Himmelsbach) · 186 Cal. App. 3d 524
• People v. Galvan · 187 Cal. App. 3d 1205

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