Have you been charged with a Burglary? Do you need a criminal defense attorney to assist you with criminal burglary charges in Southern California? If you have been charged or are being investigated for a burglary you should consult an attorney to make sure your interests are properly protected. An attorney can assist you with analyzing the charges filed against you and mounting a competent legal defense. You have rights. A California attorney in our office is knowledgeable with these issues and can help you to resolve your criminal legal problems. If you require the services of a criminal defense attorney please feel free to contact our orange County office. We have a lawyer who can assist you with your legal problems.

Below please find the California statutory laws on Burglary. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact a criminal defense attorney in our Orange County office for a consultation with a lawyer.

California Burglary Penal Code 459

California Penal Code Section 459 defines Burglary as follows: Every person who enters any house, room, apartment, tenement, shop, warehouse, store, mill, barn, stable, outhouse or other building, tent, vessel, * * * with intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any felony is guilty of burglary.

At common law burglary was defined as (1) the breaking (2) and entering (3) of the dwelling house (4) of another (5) at nighttime (6) with the intent to commit a felony therein.

California Statutory law has done away with many of the common law requirements for a burglary. Accordingly the requirements that burglary take place in a dwelling house of another or even at nighttime are not requirements to be convicted of a burglary under California Statutory burglary as defined by California Penal Code Section 459.

If you require the assistance of a criminal defense lawyer for burglary charges, please feel free to contact a criminal lawyer in our Orange County office for further assistance.