People v. Superior Court

Decided January 16, 1997. Janice Rogers Brown wrote the opinion for the court.

14 Cal. 4th 968 · Cited 601 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. Dent · 38 Cal. App. 4th 1726
• People v. Warner · 574 P.2d 1237
• People v. Superior Court (Romero) · 13 Cal. 4th 497
• People v. Bolton · 589 P.2d 396
• People v. Russel · 69 Cal. 2d 187
• People v. Benn · 498 P.2d 433
• People v. Lent · 541 P.2d 545
• People v. Orin · 533 P.2d 193
• People v. Banks · 53 Cal. 2d 370
• People v. Mason · 488 P.2d 630
• In Re Anderson · 447 P.2d 117
• People v. Tenorio · 473 P.2d 993
• People v. Superior Court (Du) · 5 Cal. App. 4th 822
• People v. Hernandez · 757 P.2d 1013
• In Re Cortez · 490 P.2d 819
• Davis v. Municipal Court for San Francisco Judicial District · 757 P.2d 11
• People v. Vessell · 36 Cal. App. 4th 285
• People v. Adams · 43 Cal. App. 3d 697
• People v. Trausch · 36 Cal. App. 4th 1239
• People v. Superior Court (Stanley) · 596 P.2d 691
• People v. Alotis · 60 Cal. 2d 698
• People v. Gallardo · 41 Cal. 2d 57
• In Re Rosencrantz · 271 P. 902
• People v. Morales · 252 Cal. App. 2d 537
• People v. Superior Court (Perez) · 38 Cal. App. 4th 347

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• People v. Statum · 50 P.3d 355
• People v. Garcia · 976 P.2d 831
• People v. Carmony · 92 P.3d 369
• People v. Williams · 110 P.3d 1239
• People v. Gollardo · 225 Cal. Rptr. 3d 666
• Wade v. Superior Court · 245 Cal. Rptr. 3d 435
• People v. Bonilla · 240 Cal. Rptr. 3d 560
• People v. Mullins · 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 198
• People v. Carmony · 33 Cal. 4th 367
• People v. Park · 56 Cal. 4th 782
• Coffey v. Superior Court · 29 Cal. Rptr. 3d 59
• People v. Medina · 233 Cal. Rptr. 3d 758
• People v. Statum · 106 Cal. Rptr. 2d 686
• People v. Espinoza · 58 Cal. App. 4th 248
• People v. Sandoval · 161 P.3d 1146
• People v. Gaston · 87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 829
• People v. Vo Nghia Sy · 223 Cal. App. 4th 44
• People v. Tran · 242 Cal. App. 4th 877
• People v. Bishop · 56 Cal. App. 4th 1245
• Polanski v. Superior Court · 180 Cal. App. 4th 507
• People v. Franklin · 57 Cal. App. 4th 68
• In Re Saldana · 57 Cal. App. 4th 620
• People v. Superior Court of Orange County · 232 Cal. App. 4th 1199
• People v. Williams · 17 Cal. 4th 148
• People v. Gutierrez · 58 Cal. 4th 1354

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