State v. Mortimer

HUDSON, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of the crime of communicating threats. He primarily contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the charge for insufficiency of evidence. We agree.

Facts surrounding the case are as follows: on 20 April 1999, two students at Columbine High School near Littleton, Colorado, went on a shooting and bombing rampage, killing twelve fellow students, a teacher, and finally themselves. After this tragedy, school officials, students, and parents across the nation were afraid that copycat crimes would occur in their own schools. Hoggard…