Criminal Threats – California Penal Code section 422
Orange County Criminal Threats Attorney
Criminal threats is defined as any person who threatens to commit a crime which results in death or great bodily injury to another person. The threat can be made orally or in written form such as by email or text message. It’s important to know that making the threat is the crime. Even if the person fails or does not follow through with the actual threat, the person can still be found guilty of committing the crime of criminal threats. However, the threat the individual makes must be so specific and immediate that the person being threatened has to understand the seriousness of the threat.
Being convicted of a criminal threat can have serious consequences. Criminal threats can be charged as a felony or a misdemeanor. If you are convicted of a felony, the maximum punishment can be three years in state prison. A misdemeanor conviction will be punishable by up to one year in county jail.
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