California Supreme Court· 12/19/1996
People v. Scott
Citations
- 14 Cal. 4th 544
- 927 P.2d 288
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9229
- 96 Daily Journal DAR 15194
- 59 Cal. Rptr. 2d 178
- 1996 Cal. LEXIS 6526
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that policy of doctrine of transferred intent is to ensure that accused is “subject to the same criminal liability that would have been imposed had he hit his intended mark”
- “conviction based on a transferred intent theory of liability was proper regardless of the fact [that the defendant was] also charged with attempted murder of the intended victim”
- “[cjontrary to what its name implies, the transferred intent doctrine does not refer to any actual intent that is capable of being ‘used up’ once it is employed to convict a defendant of a specific intent crime against the intended victim”
- discussing history and purpose of the doctrine of “transferred intent”
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Judges: Brown, Mosk
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28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- People v. SanchezCalifornia Supreme Court· 2001-08-27· cited 490×
- People v. BlandCalifornia Supreme Court· 2002-07-01· cited 444×
- People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court· 1997-08-21· cited 383×
- People v. StoneCalifornia Supreme Court· 2009-04-23· cited 169×
- People v. ShabazzCalifornia Supreme Court· 2006-03-27· cited 104×
- State v. FennellSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-05-01· cited 94×
- People v. VangCalifornia Court of Appeal· 2001-03-02· cited 75×
- People v. McCloudCalifornia Court of Appeal· 2012-12-05· cited 75×
- Harrison v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-08-04· cited 56×
- Millen v. StateTennessee Supreme Court· 1999-04-26· cited 55×
- People v. RobbinsCalifornia Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2018-01-19· cited 52×
- Cascen v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-01-08· cited 38×
- People v. TaylorCalifornia Supreme Court· 2004-04-05· cited 35×
- Crawley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-11-04· cited 24×
- Humphrey v. Appellate DivisionCalifornia Supreme Court· 2002-12-09· cited 15×
- Brady v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-10-24· cited 3×
- People v. LeeCalifornia Court of Appeal· 2001-03-28· cited 3×
- People v. GomezCalifornia Court of Appeal· 2003-03-21· cited 2×
- State v. Bryant Dewayne MillenTennessee Supreme Court· 1999-04-26
- People v. StoneCalifornia Court of Appeal· 2008-03-04
Cites
16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- People v. RobertsCalifornia Supreme Court· 1992-03-23· cited 266×
- People v. BrightCalifornia Supreme Court· 1996-02-05· cited 134×
- Gladden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-12-23· cited 117×
- People v. SuticCalifornia Supreme Court· 1953-09-22· cited 103×
- People v. CooksonCalifornia Supreme Court· 1991-12-12· cited 83×
- People v. CzaharaCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1988-08-26· cited 55×
- People v. CarlsonCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1974-02-20· cited 50×
- People v. BirreutaCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1984-12-05· cited 42×
- State v. MurrayOregon Supreme Court· 1884-10-15· cited 41×
- People v. CalderonCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1991-07-25· cited 39×
- People v. BransfordCalifornia Supreme Court· 1994-11-23· cited 27×
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Missouri· 1898-11-07· cited 26×
- People v. WalkerCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1946-09-06· cited 13×
- People v. ClaytonCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1967-02-03· cited 9×
- People v. PivaroffCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1934-05-23· cited 7×
- People v. LeslieCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1964-02-17· cited 6×
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