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- Title: People V. Joseph
- Author : California Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 06, 2002
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 73 KB
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Section 459 of the Penal Code *fn1 provides, in part, that one who "enters any house, room, apartment, . . . store, . . . or other building . . . with intent to commit . . . larceny or any felony is guilty of burglary." (Italics added.) We granted review to address a conflict in Court of Appeal decisions concerning whether a defendant's entry into a bedroom within a single-family house with the requisite intent can support a burglary conviction if that intent was formed only after the defendant's entry into the house. We conclude that such an entry can support a burglary conviction under section 459, and hence reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which reached a contrary conclusion.