People v. Williams

Decided January 5, 1998. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

17 Cal. 4th 148 · Cited 1,478 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. Superior Court (Romero) · 13 Cal. 4th 497
• People v. Superior Court (Giron) · 523 P.2d 636
• Canaan v. Abdelnour · 710 P.2d 268
• People v. Orin · 533 P.2d 193
• People v. Scott · 9 Cal. 4th 331
• Brady v. United States · 397 U.S. 742
• People v. Williams · 16 Cal. 4th 153
• People v. Superior Court · 14 Cal. 4th 968
• People v. Mayfield · 14 Cal. 4th 668
• People v. Berryman · 864 P.2d 40
• People v. Marshall · 790 P.2d 676
• People v. Ashmus · 820 P.2d 214
• People v. DeSantis · 831 P.2d 1210
• People v. Gallego · 802 P.2d 169
• People v. Cruz · 526 P.2d 250
• People v. Castaneda · 37 Cal. App. 4th 1612
• People v. Davis · 15 Cal. 4th 1096
• Choice-In-Education League v. Los Angeles Unified School District · 17 Cal. App. 4th 415
• People v. Jackson · 10 Cal. App. 4th 13
• Continental Insurance v. Superior Court · 32 Cal. App. 4th 94
• People v. Schwarz · 257 P. 71

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