Is a person guilty of burglary if they enter a house with the intent to commit larceny or any felony?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sarwar, D066551 (Cal. App. 2015):
A person is guilty of burglary if he "enters any house" with the intent to commit larceny or any felony. ( 459, italics added.) It has long been settled the slightest intrusion by any part of the body is sufficient for the entry. (Magness v. Superior Court (2012) 54 Cal.4th 270, 273 (Magness).) For an entry to occur, the outer boundary of the building must be penetrated. (Ibid.) " '[T]here is an entry when the defendant, after opening a closed door, steps across a threshold . . . or when, in the course of pushing
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