Source: https://delcode.delaware.gov/sessionlaws/ga150/chp215.shtml
Timestamp: 2020-08-06 18:48:37
Document Index: 374937872

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 826', '§ 826', '§ 826', '§826', '§826', '§ 826', '§ 222']

Section 1. Amend Chapter 5, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strikethrough and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
(a) A person is guilty of burglary in the second degree when the person knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime therein.
(b) A person is guilty of burglary in the second degree when the person knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent to commit a crime therein and where the person is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon or where the person causes physical injury to any other person who is not a participant in the crime.
Burglary in the second degree is class D felony.
§ 826 Burglary in the first degree; class C or B felony.
(a) A person is guilty of burglary in the first degree when the person knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in an occupied dwelling with the intent to commit a crime therein.
(b) A person is guilty of Home Invasion Burglary First Degree if the elements of § 826(a) are met and in effecting entry or when in the dwelling or immediate flight therefrom, the person or another participant in the crime engages in the commission of, or attempts to commit, any of the following felonies:
(6) Kidnapping in the first or second degree
(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or Code to the contrary, where a person is convicted of Burglary in the first degree pursuant to § 826(a) and who either (1) is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon; or (2) causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime, Burglary in the first degree is a class B felony.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or Code to the contrary, any person convicted of Home Invasion Burglary first degree as defined in §826(b), shall receive a minimum sentence of 6 years at Level V.
(f) The sentencing provisions applicable to §826 apply to the attempted burglary in the first degree as well as attempted home invasion burglary in the first degree.
A person may be convicted both of burglary or home invasion and of the offense which it was the purpose of the person's unlawful entry to commit or for an attempt to commit that offense. A person may be convicted of home invasion burglary first degree and any of the underlying offenses designated in § 826(b).
(b) "Dwelling" means a building which is usually occupied by a person lodging therein at night including a building that has been adapted or is customarily used for overnight accommodation..
(c) “Occupied Dwelling” means a dwelling, and a person is lawfully present on the property at the time of the offense.
(cd) A person "enters" upon premises when the person introduces any body part or any part of any instrument, by whatever means, into or upon the premises.
(de) A person "enters or remains unlawfully" in or upon premises when the person is not licensed or privileged to do so. A person who, regardless of intent, enters or remains upon premises which appear at the time to be open to the public does so with license and privilege unless the person defies a lawful order not to enter or remain, personally communicated by the owner of the premises or another authorized person. A license or privilege to enter or remain in a building which is only partly open to the public is not a license or privilege to enter or remain in that part of the building which is not open to the public.
(ef) The "intent to commit a crime therein" may be formed prior to the unlawful entry, be concurrent with the unlawful entry or such intent may be formed after the entry while the person remains unlawfully.
(fg) "Night" means a period between 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise.
(gh) "Premises" include the term "building" as defined in § 222 of this title, and any real property.
(hi) "Security device" includes any lock, whether mechanical or electronic; or any warning device designed to alert a person or the general public of a possible attempt to gain unlawful entry into or upon premises or a possible attempt to unlock, bypass or otherwise disable a lock.
(ik) A person possesses burglar tools or instruments facilitating theft "under circumstances evincing an intent to use or knowledge that some other person intends to use" such when the person possesses the tools or instruments at a time and a place proximate to the commission or attempt to commit a trespass, burglary, home invasion, or theft-related offense or otherwise under circumstances not manifestly appropriate for what lawful uses the tools or instruments may have.