California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Junkin, C080327 (Cal. App. 2017):
Section 4221 requires the prosecution to prove (1) defendant willfully threatened to commit a crime that would result in death or great bodily injury to another person; (2) he made the threat with the specific intent that it be taken as a threat (whether or not he actually intended to carry out the threat); (3) the threat, on its face and under the circumstances under which it was made, was so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat; (4) the threatening statement actually caused the person to be in sustained fear of her own safety or for the safety of her immediate family; and (5) the threatened person's fear was reasonable under the circumstances. (People v. Toledo (2001) 26 Cal.4th 221, 227-228.)
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