Sanders v. State

WISE, Justice.

The State of Alabama petitioned this Court for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision reversing Curtis Maurice Sanders’s conviction for third-degree burglary, see § 13A-7-7(a), Ala.Code 1975, that was entered pursuant to a guilty plea. Sanders v. State,, 145 So.3d 88 (Ala.Crim.App.2012). We granted certiorari review to consider, as an issue of first impression, whether an unoccupied house that is scheduled for demolition constitutes a “building” as that term is defined in § 13A-7-l(2), Ala.Code 1975, for purposes of § 13A-7-7(a), Ala. Code 1975.…