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INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE DEFENDANT COMMITTED BURGLARY; DEFENDANT, THROUGH AN UNLOCKED DOOR, ENTERED A VESTIBULE THAT WAS NOT RESTRICTED TO USE BY TENANTS.

The Second Department reversed defendant’s burglary conviction because of insufficient evidence defendant entered the victim’s dwelling. Defendant entered a vestibule through an unlocked door and there was no indication the area was restricted to use by tenants only:

To be guilty of burglary in the first degree, a person must, among other things, knowingly enter or remain unlawfully in a dwelling (see Penal Law § 140.30). Here, while the evidence at trial showed that the defendant entered the vestibule of the victim’s apartment building through an outer door that did not lock, there was no indicia that access to the building or vestibule was restricted to tenants. Thus, the weight of the evidence does not warrant a finding that the defendant knowingly entered the victim’s dwelling … . People v Huggins, 2015 NY Slip Op 09119, 2nd Dept 12-9-15

 

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