People v. Towler

Decided March 25, 1982. Otto Kaus wrote the opinion for the court.

641 P.2d 1253 · Cited 160 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. Johnson · 606 P.2d 738
• Barber v. Municipal Court · 598 P.2d 818
• People v. Cantrell · 504 P.2d 1256
• People v. Pompa-Ortiz · 612 P.2d 941
• People v. Redrick · 55 Cal. 2d 282
• People v. Daugherty · 256 P.2d 911
• People v. Reilly · 475 P.2d 649
• People v. De Santiago · 71 Cal. 2d 18
• People v. Zamora · 615 P.2d 1361
• People v. Perkins · 8 Cal. 2d 502
• People v. Mehaffey · 32 Cal. 2d 535
• People v. Backus · 590 P.2d 837
• People v. Bender · 27 Cal. 2d 164
• People v. Merkouris · 297 P.2d 999
• People v. Jacobson · 63 Cal. 2d 319
• Coy v. Superior Court · 51 Cal. 2d 471
• People v. Young · 120 Cal. App. 3d 683
• Wilson v. Superior Court · 70 Cal. App. 3d 751
• People v. Cordova · 97 Cal. App. 3d 665

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