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Committee adopts burglary inference in committee substitute for Senate Bill 864
Summary
A Senate committee adopted an amended committee substitute for Senate Bill 864 and voted to report it to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass.
A Senate committee voted to adopt an amended committee substitute for Senate Bill 864 and report it to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass. Counsel explained the substitute adds an inference to the burglary statute that a person who "enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling house" may be inferred to have acted with intent to commit a crime against a person or property therein; subsection e clarifies how indictments for burglary are to be framed.
Counsel said the state would still be required to prove intent but that "under certain circumstances, this inference would allow the jury…
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