Criminal Defense | Burglary
Burglary
- Have you stolen something from an unlocked car or truck?
- Have you broken into house and stolen items within the house?
- Have you taken money out of the cash register of a retail establishment when unattended?
- Have you picked someone’s pocket?
These and numerous other acts can support a criminal charge of burglary against you in New Jersey. If you have been charged with burglary in New Jersey, contact or call the criminal defense attorneys at Villani & DeLuca, P.C. today.
Burglary is a serious criminal charge. You need an experienced criminal defense lawyer by your side. Penalties for a burglary conviction can be severe, depending on whether you are convicted of a second or third degree offense.
It is possible to raise effective legal defenses to burglary, and the related charge of criminal mischief. The experienced criminal defense attorneys at Villani & DeLuca, P.C. will look at the facts and circumstances surrounding your case, and determine the best way to move forward. The criminal defense attorneys of Villani & DeLuca, P.C. may be able to help you avoid time in jail or prison, and help reduce or eliminate fines and other penalties.
Each case of burglary has its own attendant facts and circumstances. Call the criminal defense attorneys at Villani & DeLuca, P.C. today to discuss your case. Don’t play games with your future. For example, if you are either employed or intend on becoming employed as a teacher or employee of a public school system in regular contact with pupils, a conviction for burglary will result in your inability to obtain or retain employment as this charge is a “disqualifying” offense barring an individual from employment within a public school system. (New Jersey Statute 18A:6-7.1).
N.J.S.A. 2C: 18-2. Burglary.
a. Burglary defined. A person is guilty of burglary if, with purpose to commit an offense therein he:
(1) Enters a research facility, structure, or a separately secured or occupied portion thereof unless the structure was at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter; or
(2) Surreptitiously remains in a research facility, structure, or a separately secured or occupied portion thereof knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so.
(3) Trespasses in or upon utility company property where public notice prohibiting trespass is given by conspicuous posting, or fencing or other enclosure manifestly designed to exclude intruders.
b. Grading. Burglary is a crime of the second degree if in the course of committing the offense, the actor:
(1) Purposely, knowingly or recklessly inflicts, attempts to inflict or threatens to inflict bodily injury on anyone; or
(2) Is armed with or displays what appear to be explosives or a deadly weapon.
Otherwise burglary is a crime of the third degree. An act shall be deemed "in the course of committing" an offense if it occurs in an attempt to commit an offense or in immediate flight after the attempt or commission.
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