Stewart v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• holding basement accessible only from exterior of house was part of “dwelling” within meaning of burglary statute, where owner had laundry room, refrigerator, and workshop in basement
• holding basement accessible only from exterior of house was part of “dwelling” within meaning of burglary statute, where owner had laundry room, refrigerator, and workshop in basement
• separately secured basement is part of the \dwelling\ house located directly above and not a separate \building\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pollini v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-09-22· cited 39×
• Com. v. James, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-12-22· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Rivera
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-10-26· cited 16×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1994-04-29· cited 6×
• State v. Browning
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-06-22· cited 4×
• State v. Berkey
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1993-05-21

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Sawhill
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-11-23· cited 310×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1889-03-12· cited 19×
• People v. Zelaya
  California Court of Appeal· 1987-08-17· cited 17×
• Mason v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1897-06-09· cited 7×