State v. C.G.

Petitioner C.G. maintains that her juvenile conviction must be reversed because the State did not prove that the victim of her threat was placed in reasonable fear that she would carry out her threat to kill. We agree that a conviction of felony harassment based upon a threat to kill requires proof that the person threatened was placed in reasonable fear that the threat to kill would be carried out. Accordingly, we reverse C.G.’s conviction for felony harassment.

Facts

The unchallenged findings of fact establish that on January 30, 2001, C.G., a student at Blaine High School, became disruptive…