People v. Harris

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Burglary
Citation
Case Number: 
2016 IL App (1st) 141746
Decision Date: 
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 3d Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
COBBS

Defendant and codefendant were convicted of burglary, for entering locked racing trailer and stealing tools and auto racing equipment. Trailer's potential mobility did not exclude it from protection as a building under burglary statute. Trailer, 36 feet long, was used to store and shelter property, was parked in an open parking lot, and photos showed that it was not connected to any type of truck or tractor and was thus immobile when Defendant and codefendant entered it. Thus, it was a "building" within meaning of burglary statute.(FITZGERALD SMITH and PUCINSKI, concurring.)