Serna v. Superior Court

Decided October 24, 1985. Malcolm Millar Lucas wrote the opinion for the court.

707 P.2d 793 · Cited 106 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. Hannon · 564 P.2d 1203
• Scherling v. Superior Court · 585 P.2d 219
• Crockett v. Superior Court · 535 P.2d 321
• Sykes v. Superior Court · 507 P.2d 90
• Jones v. Superior Court · 478 P.2d 10
• People v. Wilson · 383 P.2d 452
• People v. Archerd · 477 P.2d 421
• Barker v. Municipal Court of the Salinas Judicial District of Monterey County · 415 P.2d 809
• Overby v. Municipal Court · 121 Cal. App. 3d 377
• People v. Bradford · 549 P.2d 1225
• Rost v. Municipal Court · 184 Cal. App. 2d 507
• Babb v. Superior Court · 479 P.2d 379
• Ginns v. Savage · 61 Cal. 2d 520
• People v. Pompa-Ortiz · 612 P.2d 941
• People v. Zamora · 557 P.2d 75
• Trs. of William Randolph Hearst Testamentary Tr. v. Lubinski · 67 Cal. App. 3d 777
• Sherwood v. Superior Court · 593 P.2d 862
• People v. Mitchell · 501 P.2d 916
• In Re Begerow · 65 P. 828
• People v. Velasquez · 641 P.2d 943
• Burrus v. Municipal Court · 36 Cal. App. 3d 233
• Andrus v. Municipal Court · 143 Cal. App. 3d 1041
• State v. Goltz · 642 P.2d 1079
• State v. Bryson · 500 P.2d 1171
• People v. Alvarado · 258 Cal. App. 2d 756

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• Dews v. Appellate Division of the Superior Court · 223 Cal. App. 4th 660
• Ogle v. Superior Court · 4 Cal. App. 4th 1007
• Steeley v. City of Gadsden · 533 So. 2d 671
• People v. Perez · 229 Cal. App. 3d 302
• Naidu v. Superior Court of Riverside Cnty. · 229 Cal. Rptr. 3d 29
• People v. Nickerson · 26 Cal. Rptr. 3d 563
• People v. Booker · 51 Cal. 4th 141
• People v. Martinez · 996 P.2d 32
• Harvey v. State · 774 P.2d 87
• State v. Mouser · 806 P.2d 330
• People v. Martinez · 37 Cal. App. 4th 1589
• People v. BENHOOR · 177 Cal. App. 4th 1308
• People v. Abel · 271 P.3d 1040
• People v. Roybal · 966 P.2d 521
• Craft v. Superior Court · 44 Cal. Rptr. 3d 912
• Shleffar v. Superior Court · 178 Cal. App. 3d 937
• The People v. Jones · 57 Cal. 4th 899
• People v. Williams · 58 Cal. 4th 197
• Ex Parte Tucci · 859 S.W.2d 1
• People v. Standish · 135 P.3d 32
• Davis v. Municipal Court for San Francisco Judicial District · 757 P.2d 11
• People v. Ellis · 195 Cal. App. 3d 334
• Gallenkamp v. Superior Court · 221 Cal. App. 3d 1
• People v. Hernandez · 6 Cal. App. 4th 1355
• People v. Lowe · 154 P.3d 358

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