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Woods v. State

Supreme Court of Mississippi

191 So. 283 (1939)

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Woods (defendant) broke into and entered a newly built house that had never yet been occupied as a dwelling at the time of the break-in.

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Whether a newly built, unoccupied house constitutes a 'dwelling' for the purposes of the crime of burglary of a dwelling.

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