State v. Contreras-Cruz

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that this provision “incorporates the common law definition of the crime,” which “is the breaking and entering the dwelling-house of another in the nighttime with the intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felony be actually committed or not.”
• upholding a burglary conviction where sufficient evidence existed to prove that the defendant intended to commit sexual assault, a felony, upon entering the victim’s bedroom without permission

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).