People v. Williams

Decided June 28, 2010. Ronald M. George wrote the opinion for the court.

49 Cal. 4th 405 · Cited 540 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. Badgett · 895 P.2d 877
• People v. Doolin · 45 Cal. 4th 390
• People v. Rundle · 180 P.3d 224
• People v. Avena · 13 Cal. 4th 394
• People v. Pinholster · 824 P.2d 571
• People v. Harris · 118 P.3d 545
• People v. Riggs · 44 Cal. 4th 248
• People v. Smith · 150 P.3d 1224
• People v. Jenkins · 997 P.2d 1044
• People v. Martinez · 47 Cal. 4th 911
• People v. Crew · 74 P.3d 820
• People v. Carrington · 47 Cal. 4th 145
• People v. Zambrano · 163 P.3d 4
• People v. Wright · 802 P.2d 221
• People v. Morales · 770 P.2d 244
• People v. Gates · 743 P.2d 301
• People v. Kennedy · 115 P.3d 472
• People v. Douglas · 788 P.2d 640
• People v. Roybal · 966 P.2d 521
• People v. Guerra · 129 P.3d 321
• People v. Dykes · 46 Cal. 4th 731
• People v. Farnam · 47 P.3d 988
• People v. Vieira · 106 P.3d 990
• People v. Bradford · 14 Cal. 4th 1005
• People v. Williams · 16 Cal. 4th 635

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• People v. Bacon · 50 Cal. 4th 1082
• People v. Sanchez · 246 Cal. Rptr. 3d 296
• People v. Young · 250 Cal. Rptr. 3d 192
• People v. Nelson · 266 P.3d 1008
• People v. Orozco · 244 Cal. Rptr. 3d 337
• People v. Gonzales and Soliz · 256 P.3d 543
• People v. Moore · 253 P.3d 1153
• People v. Battle · 198 Cal. App. 4th 50
• People v. Jackson · 1 Cal. 5th 269
• People v. Leon · 243 Cal. App. 4th 1003
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• People v. Clark · 52 Cal. 4th 856
• People v. Linton · 56 Cal. 4th 1146
• People v. Merriman · 60 Cal. 4th 1
• People v. Seumanu · 61 Cal. 4th 1293
• People v. Scott · 257 P.3d 703

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