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From: rlvd_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Robert Levandowski)
Subject: Re: A Line Has Been Crossed
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In <210312Z16071995@anon.penet.fi> an248805@anon.penet.fi (Clambo) writes:
> Robert Marcus <102020.1551@CompuServe.COM> typed as ordered,
>(Notice: Kim Baker explained fully at one time that the co$ tactic is to
>attack the MOST effective people on a.r.s. Diane is all that and more.....)
>>On appprox. 15 July 95, Diane (GET A PAPER BAG OVER HER HEAD,
>>QUICKLY!) Richardson wrote:
>>
>>>Fascinating! Does anyone remember this post from a few months
>>>back? Wasn't this the guy who was confusing henry's posts with
>>>those of Peter McDermott (or was it Tony Sidaway)?
>READ THE FOLLOWING:
>>Is this how Diane Richardson is spending her last days? As much
>>complaint as there is from her regarding how she got some
>>posting, it is fascinating that I recieved her cryptic message
>>via E-mail. Give it up, Richardson. Start digging your grave
>>instead. You'll be there any day now, most likely sooner than
>>you think and 6 feet closer to your ultimate destination.
I believe that Mr. Marcus may have crossed some legal lines, too.
CALIFORNIA CODES
PENAL CODE
SECTION 422
422. Any person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which
will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with
the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat,
even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out, which, on its
face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is 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, and thereby causes that person
reasonably to be in sustained fear for his or her own safety or for
his or her immediate family's safety, shall be punished by
imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by
imprisonment in the state prison.
For the purposes of this section, "immediate family" means any
spouse, whether by marriage or not, parent, child, any person related
by consanguinity or affinity within the second degree, or any other
person who regularly resides in the household, or who, within the
prior six months, regularly resided in the household.
646.9. (a) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly
follows or harasses another person and who makes a credible threat
with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for his or
her safety, or the safety of his or her immediate family, is guilty
of the crime of stalking, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail
for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment, or
by imprisonment in the state prison.
(b) Any person who violates subdivision (a) when there is a
temporary restraining order, injunction, or any other court order in
effect prohibiting the behavior described in subdivision (a) against
the same party, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison
for two, three, or four years.
(c) Every person who, having been convicted of a felony under this
section, commits a second or subsequent violation of this section
shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three,
or four years.
(d) For the purposes of this section, "harasses" means a knowing
and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person that
seriously alarms, annoys, torments, or terrorizes the person, and
that serves no legitimate purpose. The course of conduct must be
such as would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial
emotional distress, and must actually cause substantial emotional
distress to the person. "Course of conduct" means a pattern of
conduct composed of a series of acts over a period of time, however
short, evidencing a continuity of purpose. Constitutionally
protected activity is not included within the meaning of "course of
conduct."
(e) For the purposes of this section, "credible threat" means a
verbal or written threat or a threat implied by a pattern of conduct
or a combination of verbal or written statements and conduct made
with the intent and the apparent ability to carry out the threat so
as to cause the person who is the target of the threat to reasonably
fear for his or her safety or the safety of his or her immediate
family. The present incarceration of a person making the threat
shall not be a bar to prosecution under this section.
(f) This section shall not apply to conduct that occurs during
labor picketing.
(g) If probation is granted, or the execution or imposition of a
sentence is suspended, for any person convicted under this section,
it shall be a condition of probation that the person participate in
counseling, as designated by the court. However, the court, upon a
showing of good cause, may find that the counseling requirement shall
not be imposed.
(h) The court shall also consider issuing an order restraining the
defendant from any contact with the victim, that may be valid for up
to 10 years, as determined by the court. It is the intent of the
Legislature that the length of any restraining order be based upon
the seriousness of the facts before the court, the probability of
future violations, and the safety of the victim and his or her
immediate family. The duration of the restraining order may be
longer than five years only in an extreme case, where a longer
duration is necessary to protect the safety of the victim or his or
her immediate family.
(i) For purposes of this section, "immediate family" means any
spouse, parent, child, any person related by consanguinity or
affinity within the second degree, or any other person who regularly
resides in the household, or who, within the prior six months,
regularly resided in the household.
(j) The court shall consider whether the defendant would benefit
from treatment pursuant to Section 2684. If it is determined to be
appropriate, the court shall recommend that the Department of
Corrections make a certification as provided in Section 2684. Upon
the certification, the defendant shall be evaluated and transferred
to the appropriate hospital for treatment pursuant to Section 2684.
(k) (1) The Department of Corrections, county sheriff, or director
of the local department of corrections shall give notice not less
than 15 days prior to the release from the state prison or a county
jail of any person who is convicted of violating this section or
convicted of a felony offense involving domestic violence, as defined
in Section 6211 of the Family Code, to any person the court
identifies as a victim of the offense, a family member of the victim,
or a witness to the offense by telephone and certified mail at his
or her last known address, upon request. A victim, family member, or
witness shall keep the Department of Corrections or county sheriff
informed of his or her current mailing address and telephone number
to be entitled to receive notice. A victim may designate another
person for the purpose of receiving notification. However, the duty
to keep the Department of Corrections or county sheriff informed of a
current mailing address and telephone number shall remain with the
victim.
(2) All information relating to any person who receives notice
under this subdivision shall remain confidential and shall not be
made available to the person convicted of violating this section.
(3) For purposes of this subdivision, "release" includes a release
from the state prison or a county jail because time has been served,
a release from the state prison or a county jail to parole or
probation supervision, or an escape from an institution or reentry
facility.
(4) The Department of Corrections or county sheriff shall give
notice of an escape from an institution or reentry facility of any
person convicted of violating this section or convicted of a felony
offense involving domestic violence, as defined in Section 6211 of
the Family Code, to the notice recipients described in paragraph (1).
(5) Substantial compliance satisfies the notification requirements
of paragraph (1).
Colorado Statutes
18-3-206. Menacing.
A person commits the crime of menacing if, by any threat or physical
action, he knowingly places or attempts to place another person in
fear of imminent serious bodily injury. Menacing is a class 3
misdemeanor, but, if committed by the use of a deadly weapon, it is a
class 5 felony.
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Florida Statutes (Full Volume 1993)
CHAPTER 784: ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE
784.011 ASSAULT. ---
(1) An "assault" is an intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to
do violence to the person of another, coupled with an apparent ability
to do so, and doing some act which creates a well-founded fear in such
other person that such violence is imminent.
(2) Whoever commits an assault shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the
second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History: s. 5, Feb. 10, 1832; RS 2400; GS 3226; RGS 5059; CGL 7161;
s. 1, ch. 70-88; s. 729, ch 71-136; s. 17, ch. 74-383; s. 7, ch.
75-298; s. 171, ch. 91-224. Note. Former s. 784.02.
784.021 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. ---
(1) An "aggravated assault" is an assault:
(a) With a deadly weapon without intent to kill; or
(b) With an intent to commit a felony.
(2) Whoever commits an aggravated assault shall be guilty of a felony
of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
or s. 775.084. History: s. 2, ch. 3275, 1881; RS 2402; GS 3228; RGS
5061; CGL 7163; s. 1, ch. 29709, 1955; s. 1, ch. 57-345; s. 731, ch.
71-136; s. 18, ch. 74-383; s. 8, ch. 75-298. Note. Former s. 784.04.
784.048 STALKING; DEFINITIONS; PENALTIES. ---
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Harasses" means to engage in a course of conduct directed at a
specific person that causes substantial emotional distress in such
person and serves no legitimate purpose.
(b) "Course of conduct" means a pattern of conduct composed of a
series of acts over a period of time, however short, evidencing a
continuity of purpose. Constitutionally protected activity is not
included within the meaning of "course of conduct." Such
constitutionally protected activity includes picketing or other
organized protests.
(c) "Credible threat" means a threat made with the intent to cause the
person who is the target of the threat to reasonably fear for his or her safety. The threat must be against the life of, or a threat to
cause bodily injury to, a person.
(2) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or
harasses another person commits the offense of stalking, a misdemeanor
of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
775.083.
(3) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or
harasses another person, and makes a credible threat with the intent
to place that person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury,
commits the offense of aggravated stalking, a felony of the third
degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
775.084.
(4) Any person who, after an injunction for protection against repeat
violence pursuant to s. 784.046, or an injunction for protection
against domestic violence pursuant to s. 741.30, or after any other
court-imposed prohibition of conduct toward the subject person or that
person's property, knowingly, willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly
follows or harasses another person commits the offense of aggravated
stalking, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.
775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(5) Any law enforcement officer may arrest, without a warrant, any
person he or she has probable cause to believe has violated the
provisions of this section. History: s. 1, ch. 92-208.
836.05 THREATS; EXTORTION. ---
Whoever, either verbally or by a written or printed communication,
maliciously threatens to accuse another of any crime or offense, or by
such communication maliciously threatens an injury to the person,
property or reputation of another, or maliciously threatens to expose
another to disgrace, or to expose any secret affecting another, or to
impute any deformity or lack of chastity to another, with intent
thereby to extort money or any pecuniary advantage whatsoever, or with
intent to compel the person so threatened, or any other person, to do
any act or refrain from doing any act against his will, shall be
guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. History: s. 42, sub-ch. 3, ch.
1637, 1868; RS 2420; GS 3261; RGS 5092; CGL 7194; s. 1, ch. 57-254; s.
991, ch. 71-136.
836.10 WRITTEN THREATS TO KILL OR DO BODILY INJURY; PUNISHMENT. ---
If any person writes or composes and also sends or procures the
sending of any letter or inscribed communication, so written or
composed, whether such letter or communication be signed or anonymous,
to any person, containing a threat to kill or to do bodily injury to
the person to whom such letter or communication is sent, or a threat
to kill or do bodily injury to any member of the family of the person
to whom such letter or communication is sent, the person so writing or
composing and so sending or procuring the sending of such letter or
communication, shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree,
punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History: s. 1, ch. 6503, 1913; RGS 5094; CGL 7196; s. 995, ch.
71-136.
Indiana Code 35-45-2-1
Enacted 1976
Amended 1994
IC 35-45-2-1 Sec. 1. (a) A person who communicates a threat
to another person, with the intent that:
(1) the other person engage in conduct against his
will; or
(2) the other person be placed in fear of retaliation
for a prior lawful act;
commits intimidation, a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) However, the offense is a:
(1) Class D felony if:
(A) the threat is to commit a forcible felony;
(B) the person to whom the threat is
communicated:
(i) is a law enforcement officer;
(ii) is a judge or bailiff of any court;
(iii) is a witness (or the spouse or child
of a witness) in any pending criminal
proceeding against the person making the
threat; or
(iv) is an employee of a school corporation;
or
(C) the person has a prior unrelated conviction
for an offense under this section concerning the
same victim; and
(2) Class C felony if, while committing it, the person
draws or uses a deadly weapon.
(c) "Threat" means an expression, by words or action, of an
intention to:
(1) unlawfully injure the person threatened or another
person, or damage property;
(2) unlawfully subject a person to physical
confinement or restraint;
(3) commit a crime;
(4) unlawfully withhold official action, or cause such
withholding;
(5) unlawfully withhold testimony or information with
respect to another person's legal claim or defense,
except for a reasonable claim for witness fees or
expenses;
(6) expose the person threatened to hatred, contempt,
disgrace, or ridicule; or
(7) falsely harm the credit or business reputation of
the person threatened.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.5. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340,
SEC.71; Acts 1981, P.L.300, SEC.3; P.L.183-1984, SEC.6; P.L.325-1985,
SEC.1; P.L.242-1993, SEC.3; P.L.164-1993, SEC.12; P.L.1-1994, SEC.169.
_________________________________________________________________
IC 35-45-2-2 Sec. 2. (a) A person who, with intent to
harass, annoy, or alarm another person but with no intent of
legitimate communication:
(1) makes a telephone call, whether or not a
conversation ensues;
(2) communicates with a person anonymously or
otherwise, by telegraph, mail, or other form of
written communication; or
(3) transmits a false or obscene message, or indecent
or profane words, on a Citizens Radio Service channel;
commits harassment, a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) A message is obscene if:
(1) the average person, applying contemporary
community standards, finds that the dominant theme of
the message, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient
interest in sex;
(2) the message refers to sexual conduct in a patently
offensive way; and
(3) the message, taken as a whole, lacks serious
artistic, literary, political, or scientific value.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.5. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340,
SEC.72; Acts 1977, P.L.343, SEC.1; Acts 1978, P.L.82, SEC.4.
New York Penal Code
Sec 240.25. Harassment in the first degree.
' 240.25 Harassment in the first degree.
A person is guilty of harassment in the first degree when he or she
intentionally and repeatedly harasses another person by following such
person in or about a public place or places or by engaging in a course
of conduct or by repeatedly committing acts which places such person in
reasonable fear of physical injury. This section shall not apply to
activities regulated by the national labor relations act, as amended,
the railway labor act, as amended, or the federal employment labor
management act, as amended.
Harassment in the first degree is a class B misdemeanor.
Sec 240.26. Harassment in the second degree.
' 240.26 Harassment in the second degree.
A person is guilty of harassment in the second degree when, with
intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person:
1. He or she strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects such other
person to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same; or
2. He or she follows a person in or about a public place or places; or
3. He or she engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts
which alarm or seriously annoy such other person and which serve no
legitimate purpose.
Subdivisions two and three of this section shall not apply to
activities regulated by the national labor relations act, as amended,
the railway labor act, as amended, or the federal employment labor
management act, as amended.
Harassment in the second degree is a violation.
Sec 240.30. Aggravated harassment in the second degree.
' 240.30 Aggravated harassment in the second degree.
A person is guilty of aggravated harassment in the second degree when,
with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person, he or
she:
1. Communicates, or causes a communication to be initiated by
mechanical or electronic means or otherwise, with a person, anonymously
or otherwise, by telephone, or by telegraph, mail or any other form of
written communication, in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm;
or
2. Makes a telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensues, with
no purpose of legitimate communication; or
3. Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise subjects another person to
physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same because of the
race, color, religion or national origin of such person; or
4. Commits the crime of harassment in the first degree and has
previously been convicted of the crime of harassment in the first degree
as defined by section 240.25 of this article within the preceding ten
years.
Aggravated harassment in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
.
Sec. 120.30 Promoting a suicide attempt.
A person is guilty of promoting a suicide attempt when he intentionally
causes or aids another person to attempt suicide.
Promoting a suicide attempt is a class E felony.
.
Wyoming Criminal Code
6-2-402. Blackmail; aggravated blackmail; penalties.
(a) A person commits blackmail if, with the intent to obtain property
of another or to compel action or inaction by any person against his will,
the person:
(i) Threatens bodily injury or injury to the property of another
person; or
(ii) Accuses or threatens to accuse a person of a crime or
immoral conduct which would tend to degrade or disgrace the person or
subject him to the ridicule or contempt of society.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, blackmail is
a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years.
(c) A person commits aggravated blackmail, a felony punishable by
imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty-five
(25) years if in the course of committing the crime of blackmail the person
causes bodily injury to another person.
(d) As used in this section "in the course of committing the crime"
includes the time during which an attempt to commit the crime or in which
flight after the attempt or commission occurred.
(e) Conduct denoted blackmail in this section constitutes a single
offense embracing the separate crimes formerly known as blackmail and
extortion.
Source: Laws 1982, ch. 75, 3; 1983, ch. 171, 1; 1984, ch. 44, 2.
6-2-506. Stalking; penalty.
(a) As used in this section:
(i) "Course of conduct" means a pattern of conduct composed of a
series of acts over any period of time evidencing a continuity of purpose;
(ii) "Harass" means to engage in a course of conduct, including
but not limited to verbal threats, written threats, vandalism or
nonconsensual physical contact, directed at a specific person or the family
of a specific person, which the defendant knew or should have known would
cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress, and
which does in fact seriously alarm the person toward whom it is directed.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, a person commits the crime of
stalking if, with intent to harass another person, the person engages in a
course of conduct reasonably likely to harass that person, including but
not limited to any combination of the following:
(i) Communicating, anonymously or otherwise, or causing a
communication with another person by verbal, electronic, mechanical,
telegraphic, telephonic or written means in a manner that harasses;
(ii) Following a person, other than within the residence of the
defendant;
(iii) Placing a person under surveillance by remaining present
outside his or her school, place of employment, vehicle, other place
occupied by the person, or residence other than the residence of the
defendant; or
(iv) Otherwise engaging in a course of conduct that harasses
another person.
(c) This section does not apply to an otherwise lawful demonstration,
assembly or picketing.
(d) Except as provided under subsection (e) of this section, stalking
is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6)
months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or
both.
(e) A person convicted of stalking under subsection (b) of this
section is guilty of felony stalking punishable by imprisonment for not
more than ten (10) years, if:
(i) The act or acts leading to the conviction occurred within
five (5) years of a prior conviction under this subsection, or under
subsection (b) of this section, or under a substantially similar law of
another jurisdiction;
(ii) The defendant caused serious bodily harm to the victim or
another person in conjunction with committing the offense of stalking;
(iii) The defendant committed the offense of stalking in
violation of any condition of probation, parole or bail; or
(iv) The defendant committed the offense of stalking in violation
of a temporary or permanent order of protection issued pursuant to W.S.
7-3-508 or 7-3-509, or pursuant to a substantially similar law of another
jurisdiction.
Source: Laws 1993, ch. 92, 1.
I'm sure other states have similar laws.
--
--Rob Levandowski
Computer Interest Floor associate / University of Rochester
macwhiz@cif.rochester.edu [Opinions expressed are mine, not UR's.]