(1) A person commits burglary if such person willfully, maliciously, and forcibly breaks and enters any real estate or any improvements erected thereon with intent to commit any felony or with intent to steal property of any value. (2) Burglary is a Class IIA felony.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-507
Burglary; penalty
Applied in 84 court decisions — leading case State v. Lotter (1998)
Most recently applied in 30 Neb. Ct. App. 821 - State v. Prior (April 2022)
Laws 1977, LB 38, § 106; Laws 2015, LB605, § 28.
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