Dennis v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting “a rule of statutory construction that statutes should be construed in reference to the principles of the common law”
• “[T]he word ‘private dwelling,’ ... means the dwelling house and its curtilage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Shipman v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1973-08-30· cited 41×
• Christopher v. Christopher
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2013-10-04· cited 33×
• Brown v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1964-04-07· cited 18×
• State v. Nine
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1975-06-23· cited 17×
• Shipman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1973-03-20· cited 13×
• Pfeiffer v. General Insurance Corporation
  N.D. California· 1960-08-16· cited 8×
• JOSEPH A. KINARD v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1975-10-01· cited 8×
• Harrell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-07-23· cited 7×
• Lawson v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1963-08-27· cited 7×
• Pate v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1964-04-07· cited 5×
• Rogers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-10-11· cited 5×
• Dennis v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1959-04-09
• Ex parte J.C. King III PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2023-05-19

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• De Mouy v. Jepson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1951-03-22· cited 24×
• Kreutner v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1918-06-29· cited 13×
• Ivey v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1878-12-15· cited 11×
• Weldon v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1957-08-13· cited 10×