(a) A person is guilty of burglary in the second degree when the person knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime therein.

Attorney's Note

Under the Delaware Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class D felonyup to 8 years
For details, see Del. Code Ann.tit. 11, § 4205

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(b) A person is guilty of burglary in the second degree when the person knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building with intent to commit a crime therein and where the person is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon or where the person causes physical injury to any other person who is not a participant in the crime.

Burglary in the second degree is class D felony.

(c) [Repealed.]

11 Del. C. 1953, § ?825; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § ?1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § ?8; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 126, § ?7; 74 Del. Laws, c. 106, § ?4; 74 Del. Laws, c. 345, § ?4; 82 Del. Laws, c. 215, § 1;