Can a defendant who made a threat to set fire to a building after making the threat, setting fire to the victim's workplace after the threat was made?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Morton, A128706 (Cal. App. 2013):

Cal.App.4th 1212, 1218, 1221, the appellate court concluded that although the words, " 'I'm going to get you,' 'I'll get back to you,' 'I'll get you,' " might not in themselves convey a threat to commit a crime resulting in death or great bodily injury, the defendant's actions after the threatsetting fire to a building at the victim's workplace near the time the victim arrived at work"g[a]ve meaning to the words and impl[ied] that he meant serious business when he made the threat." (Fn. omitted.) In contrast to the facts in Mendoza and People v. Martinez, there are no circumstances here to bolster and give clear meaning to defendant's words.

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