People v. Sirhan

Decided June 16, 1972. Marshall F. McComb wrote the opinion for the court.

497 P.2d 1121 · Cited 166 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. Edwards · 458 P.2d 713
• People v. Anderson · 493 P.2d 880
• People v. King · 5 Cal. App. 3d 724
• People v. Bradley · 460 P.2d 129
• Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
• People v. Goedecke · 65 Cal. 2d 850
• People v. Floyd · 464 P.2d 64
• People v. Wolff · 61 Cal. 2d 795
• People v. Krivda · 486 P.2d 1262
• People v. De Santiago · 71 Cal. 2d 18
• People v. Nicolaus · 65 Cal. 2d 866
• People v. Washington · 71 Cal. 2d 1061
• People v. Risenhoover · 70 Cal. 2d 39
• People v. Wilson · 383 P.2d 452
• People v. Hamilton · 60 Cal. 2d 105
• People v. Terry · 454 P.2d 36
• People v. Quinn · 61 Cal. 2d 551
• People v. Newton · 8 Cal. App. 3d 359
• People v. White · 43 Cal. 2d 740
• People v. Gardner · 71 Cal. 2d 843
• People v. Thayer · 408 P.2d 108
• In Re Arguello · 71 Cal. 2d 13
• People v. Dale · 79 Cal. App. 2d 370
• People v. Wells · 20 Cal. App. 3d 640
• Hernandez v. Texas · 347 U.S. 475

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