Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a bench trial, defendant Miguel Silva was convicted of residential burglary and sentenced to a prison term of 10 years. On appeal, he contends that his conviction should be reduced from residential burglary to burglary and the cause remanded for resentencing, because the unoccupied first floor and basement apartments of the building in question did not constitute a dwelling within the meaning of the residential...
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