State v. Lisiewski

The principal issue raised in this appeal is whether each of the houses entered was an “inhabited dwelling house” within the meaning of those words as used in Section 2907.09, Revised Code.

Appellant contends that the dwellings in question were “summer” homes which, although furnished, were *22not occupied; that therefore they were not inhabited dwelling houses.

In construing an earlier version of Section 2907.09, Revised Code, this court, in State v. Mason, 74 Ohio St. 65, held:

“Within the meaning of Section 6835, Revised Statutes, which prescribes imprisonment for life as the punishment of the…