Commonwealth v. Ortiz’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “[T]he common meaning of 'place of abode' is the actual house or apartment of a person. It does not include common areas to which a person has a right of access but which are shared with others who have a similar right of access. ... The shared backyard of the apartment house in which appellee's apartment is located is no more appellee's 'place of abode' than is a tenant's shared elevator or fitness center in a high-rise apartment complex.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 55 Kan. App. 2d 259 - State v. Bannon

2. “a place where one actually lives or has a home.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. A.P. v. Lower Merion Sch. Dist.