California Supreme Court· 5/21/1965
People v. Sears
Citations
- 62 Cal. 2d 737
- 44 Cal. Rptr. 330
- 401 P.2d 938
- 1965 Cal. LEXIS 291
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- giving as a secondary reason for affir-mance of burglary conviction that “since defendant had moved out of the family home three weeks prior to the crime, he could claim no right to enter the residence of another without permission”
- describing husband entering estranged wife’s residence, injuring wife, and killing wife’s daughter
- describing husband entering estranged wife’s residence, injuring wife, and killing wife’s daughter
- no consent defense indicated in statutory wording; entry with requisite intent constitutes burglary
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Tobriner, Dooling-, Schauer
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89 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
- People v. FryeCalifornia Supreme Court· 1998-07-30· cited 793×
- People v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court· 1968-12-23· cited 762×
- People v. ManibusanCalifornia Supreme Court· 2013-12-02· cited 433×
- People v. IrelandCalifornia Supreme Court· 1969-02-28· cited 431×
- People v. CainCalifornia Supreme Court· 1995-05-04· cited 380×
- People v. CahillCalifornia Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 319×
- People v. MosherCalifornia Supreme Court· 1969-12-12· cited 265×
- People v. TerryCalifornia Supreme Court· 1970-04-02· cited 255×
- People v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court· 1966-01-04· cited 255×
- People v. RollinsCalifornia Supreme Court· 1967-02-08· cited 220×
- People v. HorningCalifornia Supreme Court· 2004-12-16· cited 189×
- People v. GauzeCalifornia Supreme Court· 1975-12-12· cited 188×
- People v. WilsonCalifornia Supreme Court· 1967-05-25· cited 180×
- People v. SearsCalifornia Supreme Court· 1970-03-13· cited 178×
- People v. SatchellCalifornia Supreme Court· 1971-11-04· cited 171×
- People v. GonzalesCalifornia Supreme Court· 2011-06-02· cited 151×
- People v. TalleyCalifornia Supreme Court· 1967-02-17· cited 142×
- People v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court· 1965-10-01· cited 139×
- In re WoodsCalifornia Supreme Court· 1966-01-26· cited 115×
Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 5,250×
- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court· 1962-04-30· cited 1,897×
- People v. DoradoCalifornia Supreme Court· 1965-01-29· cited 934×
- People v. MorseCalifornia Supreme Court· 1964-01-07· cited 474×
- People v. StewartCalifornia Supreme Court· 1965-03-25· cited 324×
- People v. RobillardCalifornia Supreme Court· 1960-12-29· cited 215×
- People v. HinesCalifornia Supreme Court· 1964-03-20· cited 153×
- People v. CoefieldCalifornia Supreme Court· 1951-10-26· cited 103×
- In Re ImblerCalifornia Supreme Court· 1963-12-03· cited 90×
- People v. ChearyCalifornia Supreme Court· 1957-04-09· cited 71×
- People v. MorlockCalifornia Supreme Court· 1956-02-07· cited 70×
- People v. CraigCalifornia Supreme Court· 1957-11-01· cited 66×
- People v. MattesonCalifornia Supreme Court· 1964-06-25· cited 63×
- People v. MasonCalifornia Supreme Court· 1960-05-17· cited 44×
- People v. DeptulaCalifornia Supreme Court· 1962-07-24· cited 39×
- People v. GarrowCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1955-01-03· cited 27×
- People v. WrightCalifornia Supreme Court· 1892-03-10· cited 22×
- People v. CroomsCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1944-10-24· cited 18×
- People v. WilsonCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1958-05-19· cited 15×
- People v. McWilliamsCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1948-09-13· cited 13×
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