California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Saunders, G049955 (Cal. App. 2015):
"Section 466 provides in relevant part: 'Every person having upon him or her in his or her possession a picklock, crow, keybit, crowbar, screwdriver, vise grip pliers, water-pump pliers, slidehammer, slim jim, tension bar, lock pick gun, tubular lock pick, bump key, floor-safe door puller, master key, ceramic or porcelain spark plug chips or pieces, or other instrument or tool with intent feloniously to break or enter into any building . . . or vehicle . . . is guilty of a misdemeanor.' [Citation.] '[I]n order to sustain a conviction for possession of burglary tools in violation of section 466, the prosecution must establish three elements: (1) possession by the defendant; (2) of tools within the purview of the statute; (3) with the intent to use the tools for the felonious purposes of breaking or entering.' [Citation.]" (People v. Diaz (2012) 207 Cal.App.4th 396, 400.)
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