Swain v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• legislature did not intend to expand concept of burglary of habitation to include entry upon unenclosed and unsecured stairway attached to a residence
• legislature did not intend to expand concept of burglary of habitation to include entry upon unenclosed and unsecured stairway attached to a residence
• no indication the legislature intended “to expand the concept of burglary of a habitation to include an entry upon an unenclosed and unsecured stairway attached to a residence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lugo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-03-14· cited 252×
• Woodfox v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-12-02· cited 109×
• State v. Aubert
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1980-09-17· cited 33×
• White v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1982-01-28· cited 26×
• Craner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-09-12· cited 6×
• Hilton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1983-10-06· cited 3×
• Opinion No.
  Texas Attorney General Reports· 2005-06-17
• Jonathan Lee Fehr v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2015-08-19
• Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
  Texas Attorney General Reports· 2005-07-02