People v. Garfield

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[W]hen language which is reasonably susceptible of two constructions is used in a penal law ordinarily that construction which is more favorable to the offender will be adopted.” (quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Anderson
  California Supreme Court· 1987-10-13· cited 613×
• DaFonte v. Up-Right, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1992-05-04· cited 338×
• People v. Colantuono
  California Supreme Court· 1994-01-31· cited 229×
• People v. Jones
  California Supreme Court· 1988-08-25· cited 193×
• People v. Martinez
  California Supreme Court· 2000-01-10· cited 159×
• Burch v. George
  California Supreme Court· 1994-02-07· cited 147×
• People v. Bell
  California Court of Appeal· 1996-05-21· cited 67×
• People v. Buena Vista Mines, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1996-08-19· cited 38×
• Barnum-Smith v. Joseph
  California Court of Appeal· 1998-01-12· cited 30×
• Westrec Marina Management, Inc. v. Arrowood Indemnity Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-06-16· cited 27×
• State v. Brantner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-08-23· cited 22×
• Yeitrakis v. Schering-Plough Corp.
  D. New Mexico· 1992-09-17· cited 21×
• Mendoza v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-08-25· cited 21×
• People v. Mathews
  California Court of Appeal· 1998-06-02· cited 16×
• People v. Powers
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-03-30· cited 14×
• People v. Fine
  California Court of Appeal· 1997-02-21· cited 13×
• People v. Parks
  California Court of Appeal· 1992-06-24· cited 12×
• Ryan v. Garcia
  California Court of Appeal· 1994-08-22· cited 12×
• Brock v. First South Savings Assn.
  California Court of Appeal· 1992-07-31· cited 10×
• Miller v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2010-09-16· cited 7×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Davis
  California Supreme Court· 1981-08-31· cited 208×
• Van Arsdale v. Hollinger
  California Supreme Court· 1968-02-21· cited 193×
• People v. Horowitz
  California Court of Appeal· 1945-09-05· cited 87×
• Brian W. v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1978-02-15· cited 50×
• People v. Olson
  California Court of Appeal· 1965-02-23· cited 21×
• People v. Tawney
  California Court of Appeal· 1959-03-12· cited 8×

Other cases named People v. Garfield

9 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• People v. Garfield
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1988-02-01· cited 22×
• People v. Garfield
  California Court of Appeal· 1979-04-30· cited 11×
• People v. Garfield
  Utica City Court· 1970-05-07· cited 10×
• People v. Garfield
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1961-09-27· cited 5×
• People v. Garfield
  Clarkstown Justice Court· 1991-08-28· cited 2×
• People v. Garfield
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1934-05-15
• People v. Garfield
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1962-10-22
• People v. Garfield
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-02-06
• People v. Garfield
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2008-11-14