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(1)01. Criminal Threats

  • A person who communicates to another that they will physically harm or kill such other, placing such other in a reasonable state of fear for their own safety is guilty under this code section.
  • A person who communicates that they will physically harm or kill another person’s close friends or relatives is guilty under this code section.
  • Such communication can be not just verbal, but also in writing or transmitted through other media is guilty under this code section.
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Criminal Threats differs from assault in terms of the distance between the acts. Criminal Threats can occur across the street, while assault is up close, within reach of leading to battery.