Case of the Day - Safecracking

I came across this case on the North Carolina Court of Appeals website. The defendant was convicted for safecracking when he broke into a particle-board/wood lockbox in a desk. However, since the plain definition of the word "safe" implies that it is metal and "substantially impenetrable" (in a Michigan case cited, a converted walk-in refrigerator did not qualify as a safe). Accordingly, the guy's conviction for safecracking was reversed.

State v. Goodson, 631 S.E.2d 842 (N.C. Court of Appeals 2006).

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