Word v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• applying the common law \breaking and entering\ element, which connotes a more forceful means of intrusion than Utah's \unlawfully enter\ element, and holding that opening an unlocked door may be sufficient to demonstrate burglary
• applying the common law \breaking and entering\' element, which connotes a more forceful means of intrusion than Viah's \unlawfully enter\ element, and holding that opening an unlocked door may be sufficient to demonstrate burglary
• sufficient evidence to establish a breaking where a screwdriver was used to gain entry to a car leaving pry marks on the door, even though no eyewitness conclusively identified the object, proved the pry marks were made when Word entered, or proved the screwdriver belonged to him

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Estep v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1979-09-11· cited 40×
• Smith v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1983-10-12· cited 11×
• Christian v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1975-02-20· cited 5×
• K.O. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2010-06-17· cited 5×
• Chappell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1972-05-31· cited 3×
• STATE EX REL. KO v. State
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2010-06-17
• Arturo Martinez, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-06-24
• McLean v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1973-06-19

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Glover v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1970-02-26· cited 144×
• Fair v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1969-09-17· cited 33×
• Richardson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1966-10-10· cited 10×
• Whitsell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1965-01-29· cited 6×