California Court of Appeal

Affirming the imposition of a statutorily mandated life sentence in the case of a man who, while a guest at his sister-in-law's house, raped his niece while in the course of a first degree burglary, because although he was a guest in the home his entry into rooms with the intent to commit a felony and without the authority to do so still constituted burglary, despite the fact that he didn't have to break into the home itself.

Appellate Information

• Published 2017/11/14

Judges

• STEWART

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel