What is the test for determining whether a threat made to a person by a private member of the public can be considered a threat to life?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Thomas, H042200 (Cal. App. 2017):

purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat,' (4) that the threat actually caused the person threatened 'to be in sustained fear for his or her own safety or for his or her immediate family's safety,' and (5) that the threatened person's fear was 'reasonabl[e]' under the circumstances." (People v. Toledo (2001) 26 Cal.4th 221, 227-228.)

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