People v. Sears

Decided March 13, 1970. Raymond E. Peters wrote the opinion for the court.

465 P.2d 847 · Cited 178 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. Ireland · 450 P.2d 580
• People v. Wilson · 462 P.2d 22
• People v. Washington · 62 Cal. 2d 777
• People v. Talbot · 64 Cal. 2d 691
• People v. Phillips · 64 Cal. 2d 574
• People v. Sears · 62 Cal. 2d 737
• People v. Hamilton · 55 Cal. 2d 881
• People v. Whitehorn · 60 Cal. 2d 256
• People v. Granados · 49 Cal. 2d 490
• People v. Moran · 158 N.E. 35
• People v. Sutic · 41 Cal. 2d 483
• People v. Cook · 83 P. 43
• People v. Suesser · 75 P. 1093
• People v. Moore · 43 Cal. 2d 517
• People v. Kane · 27 Cal. 2d 693
• People v. Garcia · 2 Cal. 2d 673
• People v. Wilson · 280 P. 169
• People v. Mayo · 194 Cal. App. 2d 527
• People v. Clayton · 248 Cal. App. 2d 345
• People v. Cohn · 94 Cal. App. 2d 630
• People v. Leslie · 224 Cal. App. 2d 694
• People v. Hall · 62 Cal. 2d 104

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