People v. Ratcliff

Decided September 19, 1990. Howard M. Dabney wrote the opinion for the court.

223 Cal. App. 3d 1401 · Cited 106 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. Valentine · 720 P.2d 913
• People v. Bradford · 549 P.2d 1225
• People v. Venegas · 10 Cal. App. 3d 814
• People v. Bell · 778 P.2d 129
• People v. Hudgins · 252 Cal. App. 2d 174
• People v. Harrison · 1 Cal. App. 3d 115
• People v. Coleman · 768 P.2d 32
• People v. Perez · 591 P.2d 63
• People v. McFarland · 376 P.2d 449
• People v. Levitt · 156 Cal. App. 3d 500
• People v. Kane · 165 Cal. App. 3d 480
• People v. Cruz · 83 Cal. App. 3d 308
• People v. Simon · 208 Cal. App. 3d 841
• People v. Golston · 188 Cal. App. 3d 346
• People v. Hopkins · 167 Cal. App. 3d 110
• People v. Killman · 51 Cal. App. 3d 951

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