State v. Lopez

OPINION

RODENBERG, Judge

Appellant was convicted of theft and first-degree burglary after he entered a motel room and took a cellular phone and wallet. He was staying in a different room in the motel that evening, and argues that he did not enter a “building” without consent, and that he is therefore not guilty of first-degree burglary. Because we hold that a motel room constitutes a structure suitable for providing shelter to human beings, and is therefore a “building” under the statutory definition, we affirm,1

FACTS

On November 21, 2015, Z.D. and a coworker rented a motel room at a motel in…