People v. Prettyman

Decided December 9, 1996. Janice Rogers Brown wrote the opinion for the court.

14 Cal. 4th 248 · Cited 531 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. Solis · 20 Cal. App. 4th 264
• People v. Mouton · 15 Cal. App. 4th 1313
• People v. Failla · 64 Cal. 2d 560
• People v. Beeman · 674 P.2d 1318
• People v. Kauffman · 92 P. 861
• People v. Durham · 449 P.2d 198
• People v. Woods · 8 Cal. App. 4th 1570
• People v. Sedeno · 518 P.2d 913
• People v. Wickersham · 650 P.2d 311
• People v. Rowland · 841 P.2d 897
• People v. Butts · 236 Cal. App. 2d 817
• People v. Watson · 299 P.2d 243
• People v. Wade · 53 Cal. 2d 322
• People v. Luparello · 187 Cal. App. 3d 410
• People v. Barton · 906 P.2d 531
• People v. Geiger · 674 P.2d 1303
• People v. Rincon-Pineda · 538 P.2d 247
• People v. Nguyen · 21 Cal. App. 4th 518
• People v. Putnam · 20 Cal. 2d 885
• People v. Creeks · 149 P. 821
• People v. Bond · 109 P. 150
• People v. Rogers · 172 Cal. App. 3d 502
• Neal v. State of California · 55 Cal. 2d 11
• People v. Price · 821 P.2d 610
• People v. Flannel · 603 P.2d 1

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• People v. Rodriguez · 168 Cal. App. 4th 972
• People v. Mendoza · 959 P.2d 735
• People v. Chiu · 59 Cal. 4th 155
• People v. Gonzales · 104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 247
• People v. Martinez · 64 Cal. Rptr. 3d 580
• People v. Gonzales and Soliz · 256 P.3d 543
• People v. Prieto · 66 P.3d 1123
• People v. Dawson · 60 Cal. App. 4th 534
• People v. Hardy · 233 Cal. Rptr. 3d 378
• People v. Valdez · 55 Cal. 4th 82
• People v. O'Malley · 62 Cal. 4th 944
• People v. Smith · 60 Cal. 4th 603
• People v. Thai Huu Hoang · 51 Cal. Rptr. 3d 509
• Ramirez v. Almager · 619 F. Supp. 2d 881
• In Re Nourn · 52 Cal. Rptr. 3d 31
• People v. Williams · 16 Cal. 4th 635
• People v. Culuko · 92 Cal. Rptr. 2d 789
• People v. Martinez · 169 Cal. App. 4th 199
• People v. Caesar · 62 Cal. Rptr. 3d 214
• People v. Medina · 46 Cal. 4th 913
• People v. Lee · 74 P.3d 176

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