Commonwealth v. Tizer

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• concluding that lack of evidence that victim was acting violently was sufficient to negate defendant’s claim his threats were caused by heated argument
• concluding that lack of evidence that victim was acting violently was sufficient to negate defendant’s claim his threats were caused by heated argument
• noting that the statute is not meant to penalize spur-of-the-moment threats arising out of anger during a dispute
• concluding that a defendant’s threats were not made in a spur- of-the-moment transitory anger when the victim did not threaten or provoke the defendant, the defendant initiated the interaction, and the threats were not made during the course of a heated argument
• indicating statute is not meant to penalize spur-of-the-moment threats arising out of anger during a dispute
• reviewing the trial court's colloquy and finding that the defendant’s waiver of his right to be present at trial was made knowingly and intelligently

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