People v. Sparks

In People v. Sparks (2002) 28 Cal.4th 71, 73, the California Supreme Court held that "a defendant's entry into a bedroom within a single-family house with the requisite intent can support a burglary conviction if that intent was formed only after the defendant's entry into the house." Section 459 defines burglary as the entry into "any ... room ... with intent to commit ... larceny or any felony." The California Supreme Court concluded that "the unadorned word 'room' in section 459 reasonably must be given its ordinary meaning." (People v. Sparks, supra, 28 Cal.4th at p. 87.)