Long v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““(a) A person who communicates a threat to another person, with the intent that: (1) The other person engage in conduct against his will; or (2) The other person be placed in fear of retaliation for a prior lawful act; commits intimidation, a class A misdemeanor. “(b) However, the offense is a: (1) class D felony if: (A) That threat is to commit a forcible felony; or (B) The person to whom the threat is communicated: (i) Is á law enforcement officer; (ii) Is a judge or bailiff of any court; or (iii) Is a witness (or the spouse or child of a witness) in any pending criminal proceeding against the person making the threat; and (2) class C felony if, while committing it, the person draws or uses a deadly weapon. “(c) ‘Threat’ means an expression, by words or action, of an intention to: (1) Unlawfully injure the person threatened or another person, or damage property; (2) Unlawfully subject a person to physical confinement or restraint; (3) Commit a crime; (4) Unlawfully withhold official action, or cause such withholding; (5) Unlawfully withhold testimony or information with respect to another person’s legal claim or defense, except for a reasonable claim for witness fees or expenses; (6) Expose the person threatened to hatred, contempt, disgrace, or ridicule; or (7) Falsely harm the credit or business reputation of the person threatened.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sayles v. State