People v. Thompson

Decided April 28, 1988. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

753 P.2d 37 · Cited 231 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. Rodriguez · 726 P.2d 113
• People v. Frierson · 599 P.2d 587
• People v. Coleman · 695 P.2d 189
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• People v. Ghent · 739 P.2d 1250
• People v. Whitt · 685 P.2d 1161
• Hitchcock v. Dugger · 481 U.S. 393
• People v. Allen · 729 P.2d 115
• People v. Murtishaw · 631 P.2d 446
• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• People v. Miranda · 744 P.2d 1127
• People v. Robertson · 655 P.2d 279
• People v. Lew · 68 Cal. 2d 774
• People v. Morse · 388 P.2d 33
• People v. Burgener · 41 Cal. 3d 505
• People v. Hamilton · 55 Cal. 2d 881
• People v. Armendariz · 693 P.2d 243
• People v. Myers · 729 P.2d 698
• People v. Purvis · 60 Cal. 2d 323
• People v. Anderson · 742 P.2d 1306
• Carlos v. Superior Court · 672 P.2d 862
• People v. Davenport · 710 P.2d 861
• People v. Phillips · 711 P.2d 423
• People v. Bain · 489 P.2d 564
• People v. Arcega · 651 P.2d 338

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• People v. Jones · 64 P.3d 762
• People v. Letner and Tobin · 235 P.3d 62
• People v. Lam Thanh Nguyen · 61 Cal. 4th 1015
• People v. Bemore · 996 P.2d 1152
• People v. Heard · 75 P.3d 53
• People v. Geier · 161 P.3d 104
• People v. Majors · 956 P.2d 1137
• People v. Hartsch · 232 P.3d 663
• People v. Smith, Jr. · 61 Cal. 4th 18
• People v. Frye · 959 P.2d 183
• People v. Smithey · 978 P.2d 1171
• People v. Morris · 807 P.2d 949
• People v. Benson · 802 P.2d 330
• People v. Martinez · 47 Cal. 4th 911
• People v. Hart · 976 P.2d 683
• People v. Garceau · 862 P.2d 664
• People v. Herring · 20 Cal. App. 4th 1066
• State v. Clark · 322 P.3d 761
• People v. Tyler · 233 Cal. App. 3d 1456
• Calderon v. Thompson · 523 U.S. 538
• People v. Frye · 18 Cal. 4th 894

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