Are we bound by the decisions of lower federal courts?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fuentes, B226655 (Cal. App. 2011):
4.We, of course, "are not bound by the decisions of lower federal courts." (People v. Mejia (2007) 155 Cal.App.4th 86, 99, citing People v. Avena (1996) 13 Cal.4th 394, 431.)
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