People v. Collins

OPINION OF THE COURT

Levine, J.

Defendant was charged in an indictment with burglary in the second and third degrees, criminal possession of stolen *16property in the fifth degree, criminal trespass in the second degree and petit larceny. The second degree burglary count accused defendant of knowingly entering and remaining unlawfully in the victim’s apartment with the intent to commit a crime therein. The allegations underlying the third degree burglary count were that defendant knowingly broke into the building in which the victim’s apartment was located with the same intent.

At the conclusion of…