California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Villegas, 2d Crim. No. B268559 (Cal. App. 2017):
A defendant is guilty of first degree burglary if he or she entered an inhabited dwelling "with intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any felony[.]" ( 459, 460.) The defendant need not intend to commit the target felony on the premises he or she entered, however, if the entry "facilitate[d] commission of" the target offense. (People v. Kwok(1998) 63 Cal.App.4th 1236, 1248 (Kwok).) "Facilitate" means "to make the commission of a crime easier." (Black's Law Dict. (9th ed. 2009) p. 668.)
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