O'Leary v. State

We have for review the trial court’s denial of Timothy Ryan O’Leary’s motion to dismiss the two counts of sending written threats to kill or do bodily harm in violation of section 836.10, Florida Statutes (2011). Appellant argues that, because the threats at issue were simply posted on his personal Facebook1 page, the threats were *875not “sent” to the alleged victims as required by the statute. Thus, he asserts, he did not violate the statute. Because we hold that, under the circumstances of this case, appellant violated section 836.10 by posting the threats on his Facebook page, we affirm.

Appell…