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 California Burglary Charge - Penal Code § 459.

Every person who enters any house, room, apartment,
tenement, shop, warehouse, store, mill, barn, stable, outhouse
or other building, tent, vessel, as defined in Section 21 of the
Harbors and Navigation Code, floating home, as defined in
subdivision (d) of Section 18075.55 of the Health and Safety
Code, railroad car, locked or sealed cargo container, whether
or not mounted on a vehicle, trailer coach, as defined in
Section 635 of the Vehicle Code, any house car, as defined in
Section 362 of the Vehicle Code, inhabited camper, as defined
in Section 243 of the Vehicle Code, vehicle as defined by the
Vehicle Code, when the doors are locked, aircraft as defined
by Section 21012 of the Public Utilities Code, or mine or any
underground portion thereof, with intent to commit grand or
petit larceny or any felony is guilty of burglary. As used in this
chapter, "inhabited" means currently being used for dwelling
purposes, whether occupied or not. A house, trailer, vessel
designed for habitation, or portion of a building is currently
being used for dwelling purposes if, at the time of the burglary,
it was not occupied solely because a natural or other disaster
caused the occupants to leave the premises.

Degrees of Burglary in California - Penal
Code § 460.
(a) Every burglary of an inhabited dwelling house, vessel, as
defined in the Harbors and Navigation Code, which is
inhabited and designed for habitation, floating home, as defined
in subdivision (d) of Section 18075.55 of the Health and
Safety Code, or trailer coach, as defined by the Vehicle Code,
or the inhabited portion of any other building, is burglary of the
first degree.
(b) All other kinds of burglary are of the second degree.
(c) This section shall not be construed to supersede or affect
Section 464 of the Penal Code.

California Punishment For Burglary - Penal
Code § 461.
Burglary is punishable as follows:
1. Burglary in the first degree: by imprisonment in the state
prison or two, four, or six years.
2. Burglary in the second degree: by imprisonment in the
county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison.
Arthur Khachatourians
Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
5455 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1925,  Los Angeles, California 90036
Firm: (323) 655-7180   Direct: (818) 590-8294
Fax: (323) 655-7122    ak@tyler-law.com
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Mr. Khachatourians represents clients throughout Southern California (CA) including, but not limited to, the following courthouses: Clara
Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, Alhambra Courthouse, Airport Courthouse, Antelope Valley - Antonovich Courthouse, Bauchet
- Central Arraignment Court, Bellflower Courthouse, Beverly Hills Courthouse, Burbank Courthouse, Chatsworth Courthouse, Compton
Courthouse, Downey Courthouse, El Monte Courthouse, East Los Angeles Courthouse, Glendale Courthouse Felony and Misdemeanor,
Hollywood Courthouse, Inglewood Courthouse, Long Beach Courthouse, Malibu Courthouse, Metropolitan Courthouse, Norwalk
Courthouse, Pasadena Courthouse, Pomona Courthouse, San Fernando Courthouse, Santa Clarita Courthouse, Santa Monica Courthouse,
Torrance Courthouse, Van Nuys Courthouse, West Covina Courthouse, West Los Angeles Courthouse, Whittier Courthouse, Lancaster
Juvenile Courthouse, Alfred J. McCourtney Juvenile Justice Center, Delinquency & Dependency Court,Eastlake Juvenile Courthouse,
Inglewood Juvenile Courthouse, Kenyon Juvenile Justice Center - Delinquency Court, Los Padrinos Juvenile Courthouse, Sylmar Juvenile
Courthouse, Long Beach Juvenile and other criminal courthouses located in Orange County, San Bernardino, and Riverside.