Burglary/Robbery/Home Invasion

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Burglary – Common Law At Common Law, Burglary was defined as a BREAKING and ENTERING the DWELLING of another at NIGHT with the INTENT to commit a felony.

Burglary – Common Law At Common Law, Burglary was defined as a BREAKING and ENTERING the DWELLING of another at NIGHT with the INTENT to commit a felony. At Common Law, Burglary was punishable by death. Why do you think it was so harsh?

Burglary – Common Law At Common Law, if the front door of a dwelling is open and the intruder sneaks in at night and steals a purse, is he guilty of Burglary?

Burglary – Common Law At Common Law, if the front door of a dwelling is open and the intruder sneaks in at night and steals a purse, is he guilty of Burglary? Why do you think “Breaking” was required at common law?

Burglary – Common Law A man takes off a screen from an open window and reaches his arm into the house at night removing a purse from a table inside. At Common Law, is this a Burglary?

Burglary – Common Law Let’s see who can remember what we learned from a couple of weeks ago. Under modern law, Bad Guy plans on committing a burglary. Dresses all in black and bring a sledge hammer with him to break into a house. He gets all the way up to the front door but hears something inside so he drops the sledge hammer and runs away. He never made entry into the house. What, if anything is Bad Guy guilty of?

Burglary – Common Law At common law, could you commit a burglary of a barn where only animals were kept?

Burglary – Common Law At common law, could you commit a burglary of a barn where only animals were kept? At Common law, the burglary had to be committed at night but modern statutes have removed this requirement. Any time of day is OK now under modern statutes.

Burglary – Common Law The next time you are watching you’re a police show on TV (perhaps one of the 25 Law and Order’s that are on each week) and someone comes home and opens the door and announces “we’ve been robbed!” -- what should they have said?

Robbery Robbery if larceny (theft) with the use of force or intimidation to take an item from the person or presence of another. If you break into someone home when they are not there, there is no Robbery.

Robbery If a Woman is eating at a fast food restaurant and bag guy runs by and grabs her purse off the table, is he guilty of a robbery?

Robbery If a Woman is eating at a fast food restaurant and bag guy runs by and grabs her purse off the table, is he guilty of a robbery? Let’s say woman gives chase and bad guy pushes her down in order to make good his escape. Is he now guilty of a Robbery?

Robbery If bad guy runs up and grabs a woman’s purse off her arm as she is walking down the street, is he guilty of Robbery?

Home Invasion In Illinois, Home Invasion is a defined as a knowing entry into the dwelling place of another Burglary committed when you know or have reason to know that one or more persons is present inside and one of the following occurs: 1) Your armed with a weapon 2) use force or threat of force on another inside, 3) cause injury to someone inside.

Home Invasion Isn’t this just a Residential Burglary plus a Battery or an assault? Why the separate crime?

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