Foreman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “"The legislature defined `dwelling' as '[a] building which is used or normally used by a person for sleeping, living or lodging therein.' Ala. Code (1975), § 13A-7-1 (3). The Commentary to § 13A-7-1 states that the term dwelling `is restricted to buildings used for sleeping and living.' Thus, we can only conclude that the legislature intended that the term `dwelling' be construed narrowly to encompass only those areas `normally used for sleeping, living or lodging' and not be given the common law construction whereby outbuildings within the curtilage of the dwelling proper would be included."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 865 So. 2d 1239 - Ryan v. State

2. “"(a) A person commits the crime of burglary in the first degree if he knowingly and unlawfully enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime therein, and, if, in effecting entry or while in [the] dwelling or in immediate flight therefrom, he or another participant in the crime:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 865 So. 2d 1239 - Ryan v. State

3. “building which is used or normally used by a person for sleeping, living or lodging therein.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 865 So. 2d 1239 - Ryan v. State