State v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Luckert, J.:

Richard Williams, who was convicted by a jury of two counts of criminal threat, raises two issues on appeal. In each one, he argues the State failed to present sufficient evidence of an alternative means of committing the charged crimes. First, he argues the State created alternative means by alleging two possible victims in one count of criminal threat but then failed to present sufficient evidence as to one of these victims. We reject Williams’ theory and hold that naming multiple victims of an alleged criminal threat does not create…