Dorsey v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that for an actual breaking to occur, a burglar must make “an opening of the building by trespass. To enter through an open door or window is not a breaking”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Cotton
  Fourth Circuit· 2001-08-10· cited 98×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-11-10· cited 28×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-10-18· cited 26×
• Reagan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-10-24· cited 25×
• Brooks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-03-03· cited 18×
• Reed v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-07-21· cited 9×
• Reagan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1969-04-02· cited 5×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-01-04· cited 1×
• United States v. Cotton
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-05-29