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Olivas v. State

Citations

  • 203 S.W.3d 341
  • 2006 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1967
  • 2006 WL 2861088

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  • recognizing that “to threaten” and “to place someone in fear” have two distinct meanings
  • recognizing that “to threaten” and “to place someone in fear” have two distinct meanings
  • holding that pattern of incidents in which defendant would attempt to engage woman who rejected his affection reasonably could support conclusion that she perceived threat from unwanted attempts to engage her
  • noting that “one can threaten without necessarily placing another in fear of imminent bodily injury”
  • explaining that to commit the offense, a person must “communicate a threat of imminent bodily injury” (citing McGowan v. State, 664 S.W.2d 355, 357 (Tex. Crim. App. 1984))
  • discussing term “threaten” in Penal Code offenses of assault by threat, section 22.01(a)(2), robbery by threat, section 29.02(a)(2), and ter-roristic threat, section 22.07(a)(2)

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Judges: Cochran, Meyers, Womack, Johnson, Holcomb, Price, Keller, Keasler, Hervey

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