What is sufficient to constitute a burglary?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Ortega, 11 Cal.App.4th 691, 14 Cal.Rptr.2d 246 (Cal. App. 1992):

[11 Cal.App.4th 696] The Texas court was not concerned with whether the intent was to steal from the premises. What was important to the court was the close connection between the entry and the intent to commit the theft. Such a connection was sufficient to constitute a burglary even though there was no intent to commit the theft itself within the premises entered, or even in the vicinity. It was enough that the unlawful entry was made to further the commission of the intended theft. (Robles v. State, supra, 664 S.W.2d at p. 94.)

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