What constitutes a burglary if a defendant enters a bedroom within a single family residence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jones, B226682 (Cal. App. 2012):
"Every person who enters any house, room [or] apartment . . . with intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any felony is guilty of burglary. . . ." ( 459, italics added.) If a defendant enters a bedroom within a single family residence with the requisite intent to commit a theft or felony therein, such entry constitutes a burglary even if the requisite intent was formed after the entry into the house. (People v. Sparks (2002) 28 Cal.4th 71, 73, 81.)
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