State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

People v. Thomas

Decided March 22, 1990. Lynn D. Compton wrote the opinion for the court.

218 Cal. App. 3d 1477 · Cited 61 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. Collins · 552 P.2d 742
In re Culbreth · 17 Cal. 3d 330
People v. Belmontes · 667 P.2d 686
People v. Compton · 490 P.2d 537
People v. Moore · 166 Cal. App. 3d 540
Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior Court · 57 Cal. 2d 450
People v. Fields · 673 P.2d 680
People v. Burgener · 41 Cal. 3d 505
People v. Keenan · 758 P.2d 1081
People v. Howard · 295 P. 333
People v. Craft · 715 P.2d 585
People v. Martin · 722 P.2d 905
People v. Farris · 66 Cal. App. 3d 376
People v. Nguyen · 204 Cal. App. 3d 181
People v. Abbott · 47 Cal. 2d 362
People v. Levitt · 156 Cal. App. 3d 500
People v. Reber · 177 Cal. App. 3d 523
People v. Blessing · 94 Cal. App. 3d 835
People v. Tung Thanh Le · 154 Cal. App. 3d 1
People v. Diaz · 152 Cal. App. 3d 926
People v. Hall · 95 Cal. App. 3d 299
People v. Hess · 237 P.2d 568
People v. Franklin · 56 Cal. App. 3d 18
People v. McElroy · 208 Cal. App. 3d 1415
People v. Johns · 145 Cal. App. 3d 281

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People v. Green · 31 Cal. App. 4th 1001
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