Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided April 17, 1945No. 8 Div. 409PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of burglary in the first degree and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of ten years. Code 1940, Title 14, § 85.

Said Section 85 of Title 14 of the Code of 1940, which specifically denounces the crime for which appellant stands convicted, is (omitting the number and title) in the following language, to-wit: “Any person who, in the nighttime, with intent to steal or to commit a felony, breaks into and enters any inhabited dwelling house, or any other house or building, which is occupied by any person lodged…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Emmonds v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  2. Jetton v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1939

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. White v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1964
  2. Stanley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  3. Stehl v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  4. Knight v. City of BirminghamAlabama Court of Appeals · 1965
  5. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976

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