Riverside Criminal Threat Charges
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Penal Code section 422 makes it unlawful for an individual to criminally threaten another person. A statement can only be considered a criminal threat if it involves:
- The threatening of a crime that would cause another person great bodily injury or death;
- The threat is so immediate, specific and unconditional that it causes another person sustained fear for his or her safety or for the safety of that person's immediate family members or household members; and
- The fear caused by the threat must be a reasonable fear.
Criminal threats can be made either verbally, in writing or through electronic communication devices. Even if a person makes a threat with no intention of actually following through with it, he or she can still be charged with making a criminal threat.
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