California Burglary
What is burglary in California?
- Burglary is a very specifically defined crime in California.
- Every person who enters any house, room, apartment, tenement, shop, warehouse, store, mill, barn, stable, outhouse or other building, tent, vessel, floating home, railroad car, locked or sealed cargo container, whether or not mounted on a vehicle, trailer coach, any house car, inhabited camper, when the doors are locked, or mine or any underground portion thereof, with intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any felony is guilty of burglary.
- Burglary in the California Penal Code
- A burglary of an inhabited dwelling designed for habitation, or any other inhabited building is a burglary of the first degree.
- Any other kind of burglary is a burglary of the second degree.
- Burglary in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or six years.
- Burglary in the second degree is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison.
- Burglary is a serious criminal conviction and can result in lengthy imprisonment and can count as a “strike” in three-strike sentencing.
- Don’t risk it! If you, a family member, or friend is facing a burglary charge, it is best to contact an experienced criminal defense attorney.
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