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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351192</law_id><section_number>18.2-89</section_number><catch_line>Burglary; how punished</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-260</reference><reference>16.1-309.1</reference><reference>17.1-805</reference><reference>18.2-370.3</reference><reference>18.2-370.4</reference><reference>18.2-513</reference><reference>18.2-61</reference><reference>18.2-67.1</reference><reference>18.2-67.2</reference><reference>18.2-91</reference><reference>19.2-270.1</reference><reference>19.2-310.2:1</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference><reference>19.2-83.1</reference><reference>37.2-314</reference><reference>37.2-416.1</reference><reference>37.2-506.1</reference><reference>53.1-202.3</reference><reference>53.1-40.02</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="5">Crimes Against Property</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Burglary and Related Offenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any person break and enter the dwelling house of another in the nighttime with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to commit a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> or any <span class="dictionary">larceny</span> therein, he shall be guilty of <span class="dictionary">burglary</span>, punishable as a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>; provided, however, that if such person was armed with a deadly weapon at the time of such entry, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-86; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Giles v. Com.</name><case_number>Record 080906.</case_number><citation>672 S.E.2d 879</citation><date>2009-02-27</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058383/giles-v-com/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 672 S.E.2d 879 (2009) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Daniel Castendet-Lewis v. Jefferson Sessions III</name><case_number>15-2484</case_number><citation>855 F.3d 253</citation><date>2017-04-25</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4385883/daniel-castendet-lewis-v-jefferson-sessions-iii/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. KING, Circuit Judge: .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="2"><name>United States v. Bryant</name><case_number>Case No. 7:12CR00062</case_number><citation>237 F. Supp. 3d 379</citation><date>2017-02-15</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7324372/united-states-v-bryant/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. MEMORANDUM OPINION .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Giles v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>0455073</case_number><citation>658 S.E.2d 703</citation><date>2008-04-08</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1062829/giles-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 658 S.E.2d 703 (2008) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>Johns v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>2618071</case_number><citation>675 S.E.2d 211</citation><date>2009-04-14</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1062498/johns-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 675 S.E.2d 211 (2009) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="5"><name>United States v. Dooley</name><case_number>Case No. 7:13cr00036</case_number><citation>228 F. Supp. 3d 733</citation><date>2017-01-12</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7323655/united-states-v-dooley/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. MEMORANDUM OPINION .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Wright v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>0010063</case_number><citation>641 S.E.2d 119</citation><date>2007-02-20</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063101/wright-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 641 S.E.2d 119 (2007) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Hassan Christopher Atkins v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1542162</case_number><citation></citation><date>2017-07-05</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4407829/hassan-christopher-atkins-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="8"><name>Williams v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>0870062</case_number><citation>649 S.E.2d 717</citation><date>2007-09-04</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1062964/williams-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. McCLANAHAN, J., .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="9"><name>Hassan Christopher Atkins v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1542162</case_number><citation>800 S.E.2d 827</citation><date>2017-07-05</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4406195/hassan-christopher-atkins-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
