People v. Williams

Decided December 19, 2013. Goodwin Hon Liu wrote the opinion for the court.

58 Cal. 4th 197 · Cited 224 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. Marsden · 465 P.2d 44
• Alvarado v. Superior Court · 5 P.3d 203
• People v. Panah · 107 P.3d 790
• People v. Wheeler · 841 P.2d 938
• People v. Lomax · 234 P.3d 377
• People v. Lenix · 44 Cal. 4th 602
• People v. Espinoza · 838 P.2d 204
• Keenan v. Superior Court · 640 P.2d 108
• People v. Nelson · 51 Cal. 4th 198
• People v. Leonard · 157 P.3d 973
• People v. Blacksher · 259 P.3d 370
• People v. Zambrano · 163 P.3d 4
• People v. Farley · 46 Cal. 4th 1053
• People v. Butler · 46 Cal. 4th 847
• People v. Moore · 253 P.3d 1153
• State v. Couture · 2010 MT 201
• In re Bacigalupo · 55 Cal. 4th 312
• People v. Valdez · 82 P.3d 296
• People v. Johnson · 606 P.2d 738
• People v. Doolin · 45 Cal. 4th 390
• People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
• People v. Bolin · 956 P.2d 374
• Alford v. United States · 282 U.S. 687
• People v. Zamudio · 181 P.3d 105
• People v. Cunningham · 25 P.3d 519

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• People v. Jackson · 1 Cal. 5th 269
• People v. Trujillo · 60 Cal. 4th 850
• People v. O'Malley · 62 Cal. 4th 944
• People v. Molano · 249 Cal. Rptr. 3d 1
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• People v. Jimenez · 243 Cal. Rptr. 3d 786
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