People v. Watson

Decided July 3, 1956. Homer R. Spence wrote the opinion for the court.

299 P.2d 243 · Cited 7,961 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. Zerillo · 223 P.2d 223
• People v. Putnam · 20 Cal. 2d 885
• People v. Mansour · 103 Cal. App. 2d 592
• People v. Bender · 27 Cal. 2d 164
• People v. Koenig · 29 Cal. 2d 87
• People v. Watts · 247 P. 884
• People v. Candiotto · 128 Cal. App. 2d 347
• People v. Whitehead · 113 Cal. App. 2d 43
• People v. Perez · 128 Cal. App. 2d 750
• People v. O'Bryan · 130 P. 1042
• People v. Hall · 249 P. 859
• People v. Hatchett · 63 Cal. App. 2d 144
• People v. Hamilton · 33 Cal. 2d 45
• People v. Gonzales · 24 Cal. 2d 870
• People v. Rogers · 22 Cal. 2d 787
• People v. Klinkenberg · 90 Cal. App. 2d 608
• People v. Newson · 230 P.2d 618
• People v. Jerman · 29 Cal. 2d 189
• People v. Carmichael · 246 P. 62
• People v. Carnine · 41 Cal. 2d 384
• People v. Rayol · 65 Cal. App. 2d 462
• People v. Kross · 112 Cal. App. 2d 602
• People v. Nunn · 65 Cal. App. 2d 188
• People v. Harmon · 89 Cal. App. 2d 55
• People v. Kelso · 25 Cal. 2d 848

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• People v. Sanchez · 23 Cal. App. 4th 1680
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• People v. Smith · 218 Cal. Rptr. 3d 892
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• People v. Dalton · 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 273
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