§ 17-68. Unlawful entry.

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(a)

A person commits the offense of unlawful entry in the first degree if he knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure for the purpose of committing a crime therein, and when in effecting entry or while in the building or inhabitable structure or in immediate flight therefrom, he or another participant in the crime:

(1)

Is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon; or

(2)

Causes or threatens immediate physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or

(3)

There is present in the structure another person who is not a participant in the crime.

(b)

A person commits the offense of unlawful entry in the second degree when he knowingly enters unlawfully or knowingly remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure for the purpose of committing a crime therein.

(Code 1975, § 255.100)

State law reference

Similar provisions, RSMo 569.160(1), 569.170(1).

                    
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