People v. Thornton

Decided June 21, 1974. Raymond L. Sullivan wrote the opinion for the court.

523 P.2d 267 · Cited 372 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. Daniels · 459 P.2d 225
• People v. Modesto · 382 P.2d 33
• People v. Tribble · 484 P.2d 589
• People v. Sedeno · 518 P.2d 913
• People v. Williams · 471 P.2d 1008
• People v. Anderson · 493 P.2d 880
• People v. Haston · 69 Cal. 2d 233
• People v. Schader · 457 P.2d 841
• People v. Ing · 65 Cal. 2d 603
• People v. Gilbert · 63 Cal. 2d 690
• People v. Morse · 452 P.2d 607
• People v. Timmons · 482 P.2d 648
• Cotton v. Superior Court · 56 Cal. 2d 459
• People v. Beamon · 504 P.2d 905
• People v. Conley · 411 P.2d 911
• People v. Washington · 71 Cal. 2d 1061
• People v. Carmen · 36 Cal. 2d 768
• People v. Carter · 48 Cal. 2d 737
• People v. Mutch · 482 P.2d 633
• People v. Ramirez · 2 Cal. App. 3d 345
• People v. Henderson · 386 P.2d 677
• People v. Phillips · 64 Cal. 2d 574
• People v. Floyd · 464 P.2d 64
• People v. Durham · 449 P.2d 198
• People v. Smith · 409 P.2d 222

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