What is fourth degree burglary?
It would depend on the state that you are referring to. Some states only have burglary up to the 2nd degree and some have it all the way to the 4th. With burglary, there must generally be an entrance into a dwelling place, meaning a home, and since it is in the fourth degree, it generally means there was no one else home at the time of the crime. For instance, according to Minnesota, the law is as follows: 609.582 BURGLARY. Subdivision 1.Burglary in the first degree.Whoever enters a building without consent and with intent to commit a crime, or enters a building without consent and commits a crime while in the building, either directly or as an accomplice, commits burglary in the first degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $35,000, or both, if: (a) the building is a dwelling and another person, not an accomplice, is present in it when the burglar enters or at any time while the burglar is in the building; (b) the
