People v. Williams

Decided August 21, 1997. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

16 Cal. 4th 635 · Cited 383 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. Mayfield · 14 Cal. 4th 668
• People v. Cox · 809 P.2d 351
• People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
• People v. Prettyman · 14 Cal. 4th 248
• Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1
• People v. Howard · 824 P.2d 1315
• People v. Benson · 802 P.2d 330
• People v. Sanders · 905 P.2d 420
• People v. Hardy · 825 P.2d 781
• Carlos v. Superior Court · 672 P.2d 862
• People v. Clark · 833 P.2d 561
• People v. Sully · 812 P.2d 163
• People v. Fauber · 831 P.2d 249
• People v. Garrison · 765 P.2d 419
• People v. Andrews · 776 P.2d 285
• People v. Fuentes · 818 P.2d 75
• People v. Brown · 862 P.2d 710
• People v. Watson · 299 P.2d 243
• People v. Johnson · 606 P.2d 738
• People v. Beeman · 674 P.2d 1318
• People v. Anderson · 742 P.2d 1306
• People v. Rodriguez · 726 P.2d 113
• People v. Mickey · 818 P.2d 84
• People v. Turner · 878 P.2d 521
• People v. Turner · 690 P.2d 669

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• People v. Earp · 978 P.2d 15
• People v. Turner · 109 Cal. Rptr. 2d 138
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• People v. Dennis · 17 Cal. 4th 468
• People v. Neal · 72 P.3d 280
• People v. Ervin · 990 P.2d 506
• People v. Allen · 124 Cal. Rptr. 2d 34
• People v. Williams · 49 Cal. 4th 405
• People v. Covarrubias · 1 Cal. 5th 838
• People v. Farnam · 47 P.3d 988
• People v. Bolden · 58 P.3d 931
• People v. Cowan · 50 Cal. 4th 401
• People v. Linton · 56 Cal. 4th 1146
• People v. Davis · 115 P.3d 417
• People v. Collins · 232 P.3d 32
• People v. Mil · 266 P.3d 1030
• People v. Cunningham · 61 Cal. 4th 609
• People v. Wilson · 178 P.3d 1113
• People v. Williams · 56 Cal. 4th 165

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