Partial residential entry enough for conviction
Whether your whole body, the upper half, or just a hand enters someone else’s home, that’s enough to be considered “entering” under Indiana statute for conviction of residential entry. The Court of Appeals ruled today on the definition of entering a dwelling under the residential entry statute, something the courts haven’t defined in previous cases. In Robert Williams v. State, 49A05-0612-CR-688, Williams appealed his conviction for residential entry, a Class D felony, arguing that only the upper half of his body leaned…