State v. Hall

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J:

Defendant appealed three burglary convictions. The Court of Appeals found that the defendant’s entries into a storeroom in a public building in which he was authorized to enter was not a violation of the burglary statute and reversed defendant’s convictions. State v. Hall, 27 Kan. App. 2d 313, 3 P.3d 582 (2000). The State’s petition for review was granted. The State claims that an unauthorized entry into a nonpublic storeroom of a retail store is a burglary.

Hall, who was not an employee, was recorded on video surveillance on three separate…