Legal Opinion
People v. Stanfield
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 28, 1995No. B082070PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRIGNON, Acting P. J.
Defendant Betty Jo Stanfield appeals from her conviction of making terrorist threats. She threatened that if her former attorney did not join her in bringing her “Universe Reform Party” into power, she would hire gang members to kill him. Appellate decisions conflict as to whether a threat containing such conditional language supports a conviction under Penal Code section 422. (Compare People v. Brooks (1994) 26 Cal.App.4th 142 [31 Cal.Rptr.2d 283] [“if you testify, I’ll kill you” — sufficient to support a conviction] with People v. Brown (1993) 20 Cal.App.4th 1251…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- People v. WendeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
- Watts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. Russell KelnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- People v. McCoyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
- United States v. Abdel-Jabbor Malik, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by27 opinions
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