Burlington & Missouri River Railroad v. Robert Dick & Son

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• the defendant was presumably granted entry by the resident as a door-to-door salesman, and he killed the resident soon after gaining entry
• invitee is no longer privileged to remain in a private home once he knows his privilege is terminated
• where act of violence is directed at person with ability and authority to revoke privilege of initial entry, strong inference arises that privilege to remain is terminated
• One who lawfully enters premises becomes trespasser subject to conviction for burglary by virtue of commission of felony on premises.
• “even assuming lawful initial entry, the jury was justified in inferring from the evidence that appellant’s privilege to remain in [the] home terminated the moment he commenced his assault on her”
• “[E]ven assuming lawful initial entry, the jury was justified in inferring from the evidence that appellant's privilege to remain in [the victim’s] home terminated the moment he commenced his assault on her.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).