People v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• disallowing voir dire question regarding using force in self-defense when retreat available was reversible error
• disallowing voir dire question regarding using force in self-defense when retreat available was reversible error
• trial court should not permit inordinately extensive and unfocused questioning

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Price
  California Supreme Court· 1991-12-30· cited 918×
• People v. Jenkins
  California Supreme Court· 2000-06-28· cited 769×
• People v. Fuiava
  California Supreme Court· 2012-02-06· cited 648×
• People v. Carpenter
  California Supreme Court· 1997-04-28· cited 517×
• People v. Carter
  California Supreme Court· 2005-08-15· cited 484×
• People v. Edwards
  California Supreme Court· 1991-11-25· cited 453×
• People v. Melton
  California Supreme Court· 1988-03-03· cited 430×
• People v. Balderas
  California Supreme Court· 1985-12-31· cited 427×
• People v. Seumanu
  California Supreme Court· 2015-08-24· cited 408×
• People v. Fields
  California Supreme Court· 1983-12-29· cited 392×
• People v. Pinholster
  California Supreme Court· 1992-02-20· cited 384×
• People v. Murtishaw
  California Supreme Court· 1981-07-27· cited 363×
• People v. Easley
  California Supreme Court· 1983-11-07· cited 345×
• People v. Johnson
  California Supreme Court· 1989-02-23· cited 318×
• People v. Ashmus
  California Supreme Court· 1991-12-05· cited 309×
• People v. Fierro
  California Supreme Court· 1991-12-26· cited 304×
• People v. Visciotti
  California Supreme Court· 1992-03-12· cited 269×
• People v. Ramos
  California Supreme Court· 1997-07-07· cited 263×
• People v. Wash
  California Supreme Court· 1993-11-18· cited 245×
• People v. Bittaker
  California Supreme Court· 1989-06-22· cited 241×

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Watson
  California Supreme Court· 1956-07-03· cited 7,961×
• Irvin v. Dowd
  Supreme Court· 1961-06-05· cited 3,697×
• Swain v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-08· cited 3,183×
• In Re Murchison.
  Supreme Court· 1955-05-16· cited 2,510×
• Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-30· cited 1,758×
• People v. Wheeler
  California Supreme Court· 1978-09-25· cited 1,612×
• Rosales-Lopez v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1981-04-21· cited 771×
• Ham v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-17· cited 622×
• Dennis v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1950-05-01· cited 468×
• People v. Jackson
  California Supreme Court· 1980-10-23· cited 396×
• United States v. David T. Dellinger
  Seventh Circuit· 1973-03-05· cited 354×
• People v. Terry
  California Supreme Court· 1964-03-20· cited 216×
• People v. Cook
  California Supreme Court· 1978-09-08· cited 172×
• People v. Love
  California Supreme Court· 1960-03-22· cited 131×
• United States v. Leonard T. Robinson, United States of America v. James E. McCaffity United States of America v. Louis Johnson
  D.C. Circuit· 1973-03-07· cited 118×
• People v. Tuthill
  California Supreme Court· 1947-12-09· cited 111×
• People v. Preston
  California Supreme Court· 1973-04-05· cited 111×
• United States v. Wendell Blount
  Sixth Circuit· 1973-06-08· cited 81×
• People v. Rigney
  California Supreme Court· 1961-01-27· cited 79×
• United States v. Cleophus C. Lewin, United States of America v. Thomas F. Connon and John Janow
  Seventh Circuit· 1972-11-08· cited 73×