State v. Read

¶1 A person commits the crime of malicious harassment by intentionally threatening a specific individual and placing that individual in reasonable fear of harm because of the victim’s race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or mental, physical, or sensory handicap. Charles Read appeals his conviction of malicious harassment, arguing the evidence does not establish beyond a reasonable doubt that he maliciously and intentionally threatened the victim because of her race, and the trial court erred in failing to determine whether race was the primary motivating factor.…