People v. Garcia

KRUGER, J.,

Concurring.—Defendant Hugo Garcia was convicted of several offenses, including burglary, aggravated kidnapping, and rape, based on a course of criminal conduct that began with the robbery of a store and ended with the forcible rape of a store employee in a bathroom located in the back of the store. The narrow legal question before us is whether Garcia was properly convicted of two burglaries, rather than one, based on his having entered both the store and a room within the store with intent to commit a felony.

Although the Court of Appeal described the issue as one of first…