State v. Mapula’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““The determination of whether a threat is genuine and poses an objective risk must necessarily be made on the facts as of the time of the threat. A failure [or inability] by the defendant to act on the threat may suggest that it was not genuine, but the failure does not compel that conclusion. There is evidence that defendant had previously damaged the victim’s property, that defendant had a gun and that he said, ‘I’ve got a gun and I’m going to kill you.’ The trial court could infer from that evidence that the threat was genuine and that it imposed an objective risk of breach of the peace. That is sufficient to support the conviction.” 720 P.2d at 1336-1337 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hyde v. State