State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

People v. Smith

Decided June 24, 1998. Patricia D. Benke wrote the opinion for the court.

76 Cal. Rptr. 2d 75 · Cited 51 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. Belton · 591 P.2d 485
People v. Ceja · 205 Cal. App. 3d 1296
People v. Martinez · 132 Cal. App. 3d 119
People v. Pearson · 721 P.2d 595
People v. West · 477 P.2d 409
People v. Trevino · 704 P.2d 719
People v. Robert G. · 644 P.2d 837
People v. Greer · 30 Cal. 2d 589
In Re Hess · 288 P.2d 5
People v. Neal · 19 Cal. App. 4th 1114
People v. Edwards · 8 Cal. App. 4th 1092
People v. Brown · 35 Cal. App. 4th 1585

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People v. Thuy Le Truong · 10 Cal. App. 5th 551
People v. Smith · 178 Cal. App. 4th 475
People v. Shannon T. · 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 564
Orlina v. Superior Court · 86 Cal. Rptr. 2d 384
People v. Roldan · 197 Cal. App. 4th 920
People v. Grandy · 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 189
People v. Keating · 185 Cal. App. 4th 364
Orlina v. Superior Court · 73 Cal. App. 4th 258
People v. Smith · 178 Cal. App. 4th 475
People v. Smith · 64 Cal. App. 4th 1458

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