People v. Mason

How courts have described this case

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

• felony-murder conviction upheld where killing occurred 20 hours after entry during which defendant lay in wait for victim
• felony-murder conviction upheld where killing occurred 20 hours after entry during which defendant lay in wait for victim
• although killing in victim's home took place 20 hours after defendant committed burglary by entering home, evidence—including defendant's past assaults on victim—sufficient to sustain felony-murder instruction
• although killing in victim’s home took place 20 hours after defendant committed burglary by entering home, evidence — including defendant’s past assaults on victim — sufficient to sustain felony-murder instruction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Sakarias
  California Supreme Court· 2000-03-27· cited 235×
• People v. Modesto
  California Supreme Court· 1963-06-04· cited 223×
• In Re Anderson
  California Supreme Court· 1968-11-18· cited 213×
• People v. Ainsworth
  California Supreme Court· 1988-06-30· cited 192×
• People v. Sears
  California Supreme Court· 1965-05-21· cited 135×
• State v. Conner
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-04-14· cited 123×
• People v. Medina
  California Court of Appeal· 1974-08-29· cited 112×
• People v. Welch
  California Supreme Court· 1972-10-04· cited 104×
• People v. Hamilton
  California Supreme Court· 1961-05-25· cited 92×
• Cloman v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1978-01-31· cited 68×
• People v. Whitehorn
  California Supreme Court· 1963-08-05· cited 59×
• People v. Cartier
  California Supreme Court· 1960-06-10· cited 54×
• Conner v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-02-13· cited 51×
• People v. Fuller
  California Court of Appeal· 1978-11-21· cited 51×
• State v. Hokenson
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1974-10-18· cited 42×
• People v. Tapia
  California Court of Appeal· 1994-06-08· cited 41×
• Blango v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1977-05-10· cited 39×
• People v. Magee
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-06-24· cited 38×
• Grigsby v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1976-10-25· cited 37×
• Marshall v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-06-26· cited 32×