Can a defendant be held liable for an attempted criminal threat?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jones, D073170 (Cal. App. 2019):
'imposing criminal liability upon the defendant for attempted criminal threat in no way will undermine the legislative purpose of prohibiting threats of the specific nature and severity of those identified in section 422.' " (People v. Chandler (2014) 60 Cal.4th 508, 515.)
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