Third Degree Burglary Lawyer in Weld County

Rather than entry into a home or business, the Third Degree Burglary charge in Greeley concerns property.

What is the Definition of Third Degree Burglary?

The Colorado law definition of  3rd Degree Burglary – C.R.S. 18-4-204 – is:

A person commits third degree burglary if with intent to commit a crime he enters or breaks into any vault, safe, cash register, coin vending machine, product dispenser, money depository, safety deposit box, coin telephone, coin box, or other apparatus or equipment whether or not coin operated.

What is the Sentence for 3rd Degree Burglary?

Colorado legislators have designated Third Degree Burglary as a class five felony, but it is a class four felony if the intent in the breaking in involves the theft of a controlled substance.   Class five felonies can result in a prison sentence to the Colorado Department of Corrections for up to three years.  Illegal entry into vending machine type property are not viewed as seriously by judges and District Attorneys as break-ins to homes and businesses.

Examples of Third Degree Burglary

We believe Third Degree Burglary would be the charge a District Attorney would file with a Weld County Court if a person were accused of breaking into an ATM, vending machine, or other machine which dispenses product – such as a newspaper.  Felony charges could result from simply stealing a newspaper, and this surprises people who expected their $1.00 theft would never exceed a misdemeanor charge.

CHARGED WITH THIRD DEGREE BURGLARY IN GREELEY OR WELD COUNTY?

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