Is a person who enters a vehicle when the doors are locked guilty of burglary?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. T.W. (In re T.W.), 2d Juv. No. B285939 (Cal. App. 2018):
Section 459 provides in part, "Every person who enters any . . . vehicle . . . , when the doors are locked, . . . with intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any felony is guilty of burglary." An attempt to commit a crime consists of a specific intent to commit the crime and a direct but ineffectual act done toward its commission. (People v. Ross (1988) 205 Cal.App.3d 1548, 1554.)
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