People v. Root

*355This appeal arises from David Michael Root's petition to reduce certain second degree burglary convictions to misdemeanors pursuant to Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act (Pen.Code,1§ 1170.18 ). The burglary convictions involve incidents in which Root entered banks, during regular business hours, for the purpose of cashing forged checks in amounts less than $950.

Although the precise issue in dispute has been somewhat of a moving target in the trial court and in the briefing in this court, it now appears the question presented here is whether entry into a bank to commit…