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PEOPLE v. ROBINSON

Appellant’s Petition for Review

17 Cited authorities

  1. Jackson v. Virginia

    443 U.S. 307 (1979)   Cited 77,598 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts conducting review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction should view the "evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution"

  2. People v. Johnson

    26 Cal.3d 557 (Cal. 1980)   Cited 4,473 times
    Holding that an attorney may not waive a defendant's right to a speedy trial to accommodate the interests of other clients rather than benefit the defendant

  3. People v. Martinez

    20 Cal.4th 225 (Cal. 1999)   Cited 627 times
    Holding that retroactive application of the revised kidnapping instruction was barred by the federal Due Process Clause

  4. People v. Raley

    2 Cal.4th 870 (Cal. 1992)   Cited 644 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding insufficient evidence to sustain conviction of attempted oral copulation, but affirming convictions and capital sentence in other respects

  5. People v. Pensinger

    52 Cal.3d 1210 (Cal. 1991)   Cited 609 times
    Holding that an informant, who had a prior history of being an informant, was not a government agent where the informant initiated discussions with the police; the police did not ask for the informant to take any action or to "keep his ears open"; the police did not offer leniency; the police did not know that the witness had previously been an informant; the police told the informant he was not their agent; and the prosecutor testified on the informant's behalf at his trial

  6. People v. Morris

    46 Cal.3d 1 (Cal. 1988)   Cited 476 times
    Holding "additional cautionary instructions" negated any "likelihood the jury was misled" by an erroneous instruction

  7. People v. Steele

    83 Cal.App.4th 212 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000)   Cited 191 times
    In Steele, supra, 83 Cal.App.4th 212, the Second Appellate District issued a thoughtful opinion rejecting the same argument appellant raises here.

  8. People v. Reilly

    3 Cal.3d 421 (Cal. 1970)   Cited 425 times
    In People v. Reilly (1970) 3 Cal.3d 421, 425 [ 90 Cal.Rptr. 417, 475 P.2d 649], for example, we said that "The test on appeal is whether substantial evidence supports the conclusion of the trier of fact, not whether the evidence proves guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

  9. People v. Giardino

    82 Cal.App.4th 454 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000)   Cited 145 times
    In Giardino, which was also a prosecution for rape and oral copulation by intoxication, the jury was instructed solely in the language of the statute defining the offense (i.e., that the victim "was prevented from resisting the act by an intoxicating substance") but, unlike here, given no definition of what "prevented from resisting" means.

  10. People v. Bautista

    163 Cal.App.4th 762 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008)   Cited 115 times
    In Bautista the pastor and leader of an independent church was convicted of sex offenses involving two teenage girls who were members of the congregation.

  11. Rule 8.500 - Petition for review

    Cal. R. 8.500   Cited 337 times

    (a)Right to file a petition, answer, or reply (1) A party may file a petition in the Supreme Court for review of any decision of the Court of Appeal, including any interlocutory order, except the denial of a transfer of a case within the appellate jurisdiction of the superior court. (2) A party may file an answer responding to the issues raised in the petition. In the answer, the party may ask the court to address additional issues if it grants review. (3) The petitioner may file a reply to the answer