PEOPLE v. SPARKS

No. S098290.

120 Cal.Rptr.2d 508 (2002)

28 Cal.4th 71

47 P.3d 289

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Michael Joseph SPARKS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

As Modified June 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Boyce, under appointment by the Supreme Court, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Garrett Beaumont, Laura Whitcomb Halgren, Elizabeth A. Hartwig and Steven T. Oetting, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


GEORGE, C.J.

Section 459 of the Penal Code 1 provides, in part, that one who "enters any house, room, apartment, ... store, ... or other building ... with intent to commit ... larceny or any felony is guilty of burglary." (Italics added.) We granted review to address a conflict in Court of Appeal decisions concerning whether a defendant's entry into a bedroom within a single-family house with the requisite intent can support...

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