California Supreme Court
Jun. 2, 2017
Wordless gestures aren't criminal threats, state high court rules
Reversing a lower court decision, the state Supreme Court held Thursday that a defendant cannot be charged with making criminal threats if those threats take the form of wordless gestures.
By L.J. Williamson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Reversing a lower court decision, the state Supreme Court held Thursday that a defendant cannot be charged with making criminal threats if those threats take the form of wordless gestures.
Defendant Mario Alberto Gonzalez, a member of the Indio-area Jackson Terrace street gang, was charged with five counts of making criminal threats in 2013 after he made a "JT" hand si...
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