People v. Whitt

Decided October 25, 1990. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

798 P.2d 849 · Cited 167 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.

• Carlos v. Superior Court · 672 P.2d 862
• People v. Anderson · 742 P.2d 1306
• People v. Whitt · 685 P.2d 1161
• People v. Davenport · 710 P.2d 861
• People v. Ramos · 689 P.2d 430
• People v. Lucero · 750 P.2d 1342
• People v. Shuey · 533 P.2d 211
• People v. Lucky · 753 P.2d 1052
• People v. Keenan · 758 P.2d 1081
• People v. Melton · 750 P.2d 741
• People v. Bonillas · 771 P.2d 844
• People v. Marsden · 465 P.2d 44
• People v. Miranda · 744 P.2d 1127
• People v. Easley · 671 P.2d 813
• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• Hitchcock v. Dugger · 481 U.S. 393
• People v. Ghent · 739 P.2d 1250
• People v. Lewis · 786 P.2d 892
• People v. Hamilton · 774 P.2d 730
• DiGenova v. State Board of Education · 367 P.2d 865
• People v. Howard · 749 P.2d 279
• George Arakelian Farms, Inc. v. Agricultural Labor Relations Board · 783 P.2d 749
• People v. Fosselman · 659 P.2d 1144
• People v. Rodriguez · 726 P.2d 113
• People v. Brown · 726 P.2d 516

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• People v. Danielson · 838 P.2d 729
• People v. Anderson · 25 Cal. 4th 543
• People v. Jurado · 131 P.3d 400
• People v. Smith · 107 P.3d 229
• People v. Beames · 153 P.3d 955
• People v. Boyer · 133 P.3d 581
• People v. Ray · 13 Cal. 4th 313
• People v. Crew · 1 Cal. App. 4th 1591
• People v. Frye · 959 P.2d 183
• People v. Smith · 35 Cal. 4th 334
• People v. Howard · 824 P.2d 1315
• People v. Fudge · 875 P.2d 36
• People v. Fierro · 821 P.2d 1302
• People v. Nguyen · 4 Cal. Rptr. 3d 211
• People v. Frye · 18 Cal. 4th 894
• People v. Cooper · 809 P.2d 865
• People v. Davis · 896 P.2d 119
• People v. Demetrulias · 137 P.3d 229
• People v. Nakahara · 68 P.3d 1190
• People v. Livaditis · 831 P.2d 297

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