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Timestamp: 2019-04-26 00:50:12+00:00

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Burglary is the felony crime of knowingly entering or unlawfully remaining on someone else's property with the intent to commit a crime (other than trespass). Burglary is divided into first, second and third degrees, depending on the type of property and the level of danger to anyone inside.
Hiding in a store until after it closes so that you can vandalize it.
You do not commit a burglary if you commit a crime on a property that you are on lawfully, or if you form the intent to commit the crime only after you are already on the property.
whether you threatened or menaced anyone, or used or threatened the use of, a deadly weapon.
Breaking into or remaining in a building or occupied dwelling is more serious than entering a locked vault or box. And if the purpose of the burglary is to steal one or more controlled substances, punishment increases regardless of the degree.
You didn't enter or remain on the property with the intent to commit a crime.
2.1. Third degree burglary -- 18-4-204 C.R.S.
2.2. Second degree burglary -- 18-4-203 C.R.S.
2.3. First degree burglary --18-4-202 C.R.S.
With the intent to commit any crime (other than trespass) while you are on or inside the property.
The “knowingly” requirement applies to every element of the offense. Thus, for instance, if you don't know you are on someone else's property without lawful authority, you aren't guilty of burglary.
If you are lawfully on the premises, however, you are not guilty of burglary, even if you enter or remain intending to commit a crime.
Contrary to popular belief, the crime you intend to commit does not need to involve theft. Nor does it need to be a felony. Any crime other than trespass can serve as the basis for a felony burglary charge.
However, the intention to commit the crime needs to have been formed at the time you entered the property or before you remained on the property unlawfully. If you only formed the intent to commit a crime after you were already there, you are not guilty of burglary.
Kathy is at a party when she gets a headache. The host tells her there is a bottle of aspirin in the medicine cabinet. When Kathy opens the medicine cabinet, she sees a prescription bottle of Vicodin and decides to take it. While she is guilty of theft, she is not guilty of burglary because she was already on the premises lawfully when she formed the intent to steal the drugs.
And even if she only went to the party in order to steal the drugs, because she was an invited guest, she has still not committed burglary. If, on the other hand, she saw the drugs at the party and broke in later that night in order to steal them, she would be guilty of burglary.
2.1. Third-degree burglary - 18-4-204 C.R.S.
A person commits third-degree burglary if with intent to commit a crime he enters or breaks into any vault, safe, cash register, coin vending machine, product dispenser, money depository, safety deposit box, coin telephone, coin box, or other apparatus or equipment whether or not coin operated.
2.2. Second-degree burglary - 18-4-203 C.R.S.
A person commits second-degree burglary, if the person knowingly breaks an entrance into, enters unlawfully in, or remains unlawfully after a lawful or unlawful entry in a building or occupied structure with intent to commit therein a crime against another person or property.
For purposes of Colorado's second-degree burglary statute, a structure is a “building” if it offers protection against the elements, even if the roof and/or walls are in disrepair. And any part of a building can be a dwelling if it is part of someone's residence or lodgings.
Possesses and threatens the use of a deadly weapon.
Oscar and Perry break into their high school one night intending to spray paint graffiti on the teachers' lounge. Perry has a switchblade in his jacket pocket, in violation of Colorado's law against carrying a concealed weapon on school grounds. While they are on school property, they run into the night janitor. When the janitor takes out his phone to call the police, Perry pulls out his switchblade and threatens to cut him, a violation of Colorado's menacing law. As a result, both Oscar and Perry can be charged with first-degree burglary.
The objective of the burglary is the theft of a controlled substance lawfully kept within any building or occupied structure.
First-degree burglary involving a controlled substance within a pharmacy or other place having lawful possession thereof is first-degree burglary of controlled substances, a Colorado class 2 felony.
As a crime of violence, first-degree burglary of a controlled substance carries a mandatory prison sentence of 16-48 years.
There was police misconduct (such as coercing your confession of discovering evidence through an illegal search and seizure).
5. Related offense: Possession of burglary tools, Colorado 18-4-205, C.R.S.
A person commits possession of burglary tools if he possesses any explosive, tool, instrument, or other article adapted, designed, or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving forcible entry into premises or theft by a physical taking, and intends to use the thing possessed, or knows that some person intends to use the thing possessed, in the commission of such an offense.
If you or someone you know has been charged with violating Colorado's burglary laws, we invite you to contact our Colorado criminal attorneys for a free consultation.
Find out why we are considered some of the best burglary defense lawyers in Colorado.
Communities our Colorado burglary attorneys serve include Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, Lakewood, Thornton, Arvada, Westminster, Centennial and Boulder.
Arrested in Nevada? See our article on Nevada burglary laws.
Armintrout v. People, 1993, 864 P.2d 576.
People v. Bondurant, App.2012, 296 P.3d 200, rehearing denied, certiorari denied.
See, e.g., People v. Carstensen, 1966, 420 P.2d 820, 161 Colo. 249.
People v. Garcia, App.1989, 784 P.2d 823, certiorari denied.
People v. Geyer, App.1996, 942 P.2d 1297.
People v. Nerud, App.2015, 360 P.3d 201, certiorari denied.
People v. Jiminez, 1982, 651 P.2d 395.
People v. Nichols, App.1996, 920 P.2d 901, rehearing denied.

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