People v. Valenti

Decided January 14, 2016. Luis A. Lavin wrote the opinion for the court.

243 Cal. App. 4th 1140 · Cited 119 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. Smith · 198 Cal. App. 4th 415
• People v. Mil · 266 P.3d 1030
• People v. Grant · 973 P.2d 72
• People v. Lopez · 965 P.2d 713
• People v. Scott · 9 Cal. 4th 331
• People v. Martinez · 903 P.2d 1037
• People v. Giordano · 170 P.3d 623
• People v. Maurer · 32 Cal. App. 4th 1121
• People v. Palmer · 103 Cal. Rptr. 2d 301
• People v. Bolin · 956 P.2d 374
• People v. Young · 105 P.3d 487
• People v. Zamudio · 181 P.3d 105
• People v. Kraft · 5 P.3d 68
• People v. Brown · 73 P.3d 1137
• People v. Hillhouse · 40 P.3d 754
• People v. Thompson · 231 P.3d 289
• Cooley v. Superior Court · 57 P.3d 654
• People v. French · 178 P.3d 1100
• People v. Guiuan · 957 P.2d 928
• People v. Livingston · 53 Cal. 4th 1181
• People v. Jenkins · 893 P.2d 1224
• People v. Snook · 16 Cal. 4th 1210
• Gutierrez v. Ada · 528 U.S. 250
• Mays v. City of Los Angeles · 180 P.3d 935
• People v. Romo · 534 P.2d 1015

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• People v. Lee · 233 Cal. Rptr. 3d 715
• People v. McCarthy · 244 Cal. App. 4th 1096
• People v. Martinez · 8 Cal. App. 5th 298
• In re Mallard · 7 Cal. App. 5th 1220
• People v. Brooks · 233 Cal. Rptr. 3d 606
• San Nicolas v. Harris · 7 Cal. App. 5th 41
• Johnson v. Superior Court of L. A. Cnty. · 208 Cal. Rptr. 3d 807

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