Lewis v. State

I agree with the majority in

affirming the conviction for terroristic threatening, stemming from Lewis’s ordering her son to release pit bulls upon the police officers. I write separately, however, because I do not agree that the trial court erred in admitting the officers’ testimony that they witnessed the previous attack by pit bulls at the residence where Lewis engaged in the behavior that led to the conviction.

It is not necessary that the State prove that the victims of second-degree terroristic threatening actually were terrorized, and the state of mind of the recipient of the threat is…