California Courts of Appeal
Mar. 27, 2014
Appellate court's burglary ruling questioned
A defendant may be convicted of multiple counts of burglary for entering different rooms in the course of a crime, a state court of appeal has ruled.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A defendant may be convicted of multiple counts of burglary for entering different rooms in the course of a crime, a state court of appeal has ruled.
Law professors said the decision appears to expand the doctrine of burglary and could have a significant impact on future cases.
"I have never seen it before," said Evan Lee, a criminal law professor at UC Hastings College of the Law....
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