Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Joshua Wallace, Petitioner v. United States

§ 30.02. Burglary, V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 30.02

Texas Statutes Annotated - 1993

V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 30.02

VERNON'S TEXAS STATUTES AND CODES ANNOTATED

PENAL CODE

TITLE 7. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY

CHAPTER 30. BURGLARY AND CRIMINAL TRESPASS

§ 30.02. Burglary

(a) A person commits an offense if, without the effective consent of the owner, he:

(1) enters a habitation, or a building (or any portion of a building) not then open to the public, with intent to commit a felony

or theft; or

(2) remains concealed, with intent to commit a felony or theft, in a building or habitation; or

(3) enters a building or habitation and commits or attempts to commit a felony or theft.

(b) For purposes of this section, “enter” means to intrude:

(1) any part of the body; or

(2) any physical object connected with the body.

(c) Except as provided in Subsection (d) of this section, an offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.

(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree if:

(1) the premises are a habitation; or

(2) any party to the offense is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon; or

(3) any party to the offense injures or attempts to injure anyone in effecting entry or while in the building or in immediate

flight from the building.

1989 Main Volume Credit(s)

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.

HISTORICAL NOTES

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

1989 Main Volume Historical and Statutory Notes

Prior Law:

Rev.P.C.1879, arts. 505, 704 to 713, 715 to 720.

Rev.P.C.1895, arts. 610, 838 to 847, 849 to 854.

Rev.P.C.1911, arts. 1031, 1303 to 1318, 1320 to 1325.

Vernon's Ann.P.C. (1925) arts. 1164, 1389 to 1400, 1402 to 1406.

Acts 1925, 39th Leg., p. 331, ch. 129, § 1.

Acts 1935, 44th Leg., p. 767, ch. 335, § 1.

Acts 1951, 52nd Leg., p. 447, ch. 273, § 1.

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§ 30.02. Burglary, V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 30.02

Acts 1951, 52nd Leg., p. 751, ch. 407, § 1.

Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 351, ch. 71, § 1.

Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 747, ch. 268.

Acts 1963, 58th Leg., p. 691, ch. 254.

Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 1141, ch. 505, § 1.

REFERENCES

CROSS REFERENCES

1993 Pocket Part Cross References

Personal bond, see Vernon's Ann. C.C.P. art. 17.03.

1989 Main Volume Cross References

Attempt, see § 15.01.

Criminal mischief, see § 28.03.

Deadly force to prevent commission of burglary, see § 9.42(2).

“Deadly weapon” defined, see § 1.07(a)(11).

“Effective consent” defined, see § 1.07(a)(12).

Explosive weapons, see §§ 46.01, 46.06.

“Felony” defined, see § 1.07(a)(14).

Murder committed in course of burglary, see § 19.03(a)(2).

“Owner” defined, see § 1.07(a)(24).

Parties to offenses, see § 7.01.

“Person” defined, see § 1.07(a)(27).

Possession of burglary tools, see § 16.01.

Prison overcrowding, inmate serving sentence for offense under this section, ineligibility for early parole under Texas Prison

Management Act, see Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 6184o, § 3(b)(2).

Punishment,

First-degree felony, see § 12.32.

Second-degree felony, see § 12.33.

Theft, see § 31.01 et seq.

LAW REVIEW COMMENTARIES

1993 Pocket Part Law Review Commentaries

Time changes: Growing complexity in Texas sentencing law. John M. Schmolesky, 30 South Texas L.Rev. 283 (1989).

1989 Main Volume Law Review Commentaries

Annual survey of Texas law:

Burglary. Shirley W. Butts, 35 Southwestern L.J. (Tex.) 501 (1981).

Criminal law. Shirley W. Butts, 34 Southwestern L.J. (Tex.) 493 (1980).

Legal remedial alternatives for spouse abuse in Texas. Gerald S. Reamey, 20 Houston L.Rev. 1279 (1983).

Structures which can be burglarized. 26 Baylor L.Rev. 589 (1974).

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