People v. Pitts

Decided September 5, 1990. Hollis G. Best wrote the opinion for the court.

223 Cal. App. 3d 606 · Cited 169 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. Aranda · 63 Cal. 2d 518
• People v. Willoughby · 164 Cal. App. 3d 1054
• People v. Beeman · 674 P.2d 1318
• People v. Roberts · 26 Cal. App. 3d 385
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Perez · 58 Cal. 2d 229
• People v. Poggi · 753 P.2d 1082
• People v. Bell · 778 P.2d 129
• People v. Bolton · 589 P.2d 396
• People v. Hovey · 749 P.2d 776
• People v. Barraza · 591 P.2d 947
• People v. Bain · 489 P.2d 564
• People v. Leach · 710 P.2d 893
• People v. Mendibles · 199 Cal. App. 3d 1277
• Hochheiser v. Superior Court · 161 Cal. App. 3d 777
• People v. Fatone · 165 Cal. App. 3d 1164
• People v. Kelly · 549 P.2d 1240
• People v. Gainer · 566 P.2d 997
• People v. Tassell · 679 P.2d 1
• People v. Adcox · 763 P.2d 906
• People v. Talle · 111 Cal. App. 2d 650
• People v. Wagner · 532 P.2d 105
• People v. Hathcock · 504 P.2d 476
• People v. Johnson · 606 P.2d 738
• People v. Wickersham · 650 P.2d 311

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• People v. Burnett · 83 Cal. Rptr. 2d 629
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• People v. Wallace · 11 Cal. App. 4th 568
• People v. Cochran · 107 Cal. Rptr. 2d 119
• People v. Peyton · 176 Cal. App. 4th 642
• People v. Marquez · 28 Cal. App. 4th 1315
• People v. Graff · 170 Cal. App. 4th 345
• People v. Cochran · 48 P.3d 1148
• Pitts v. County of Kern · 17 Cal. 4th 340
• People v. Newlun · 227 Cal. App. 3d 1590
• People v. POWERS-MONACHELLO · 189 Cal. App. 4th 400
• People v. Brown · 17 Cal. App. 4th 1389
• People v. Rodrigues · 885 P.2d 1
• People v. Redd · 48 Cal. 4th 691
• People v. Gil · 3 Cal. App. 4th 653
• Cassim v. Allstate Insurance · 94 P.3d 513
• People v. Valdez · 55 Cal. 4th 82
• People v. Linton · 56 Cal. 4th 1146
• People v. Lewis · 46 Cal. 4th 1255
• State v. Noltie · 809 P.2d 190
• People v. Martinez · 903 P.2d 1037
• People v. Ochoa · 28 P.3d 78
• People v. Bernal · 123 Cal. Rptr. 2d 622
• People v. Daggett · 225 Cal. App. 3d 751
• People v. Vance · 188 Cal. App. 4th 1182

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