State v. Clark

¶1 Stephen Blair Clark appeals his conviction of intimidating a witness, contending that the trial court erred in not giving his proposed definitional *111instruction of a “true threat.”1 Because the trial court’s instructions properly precluded the jury from convicting Clark based on constitutionally protected speech, we affirm.

FACTS

¶2 On January 5, 2011, around 10:30 in the evening, Jeffrey Rimack looked out his window when he heard a high-revving car speed past his home. He watched as the white Saturn went straight through a “T” intersection, crashed through a cyclone fence, drove across the…