Arkansas § 5-17-101 Communicating a death threat concerning a school employee or student

Arkansas Statutes

§ 5-17-101 — Communicating a death threat concerning a school employee or student

(a)A person commits the offense of communicating a death threat concerning a school employee or student if:

(1)The person communicates to any other person a threat to cause the death of a school employee or student;

(2)The threat involves the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon;

(3)A reasonable person would believe the person making the threat intends to carry out the threat;

(4)The person making the threat purposely engaged in conduct that constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct intended to culminate in the commission of the threatened act; and (5) There is a close temporal relationship between the threatened act and the substantial step.

(b)Conduct is not a substantial step under this section unless the conduct is strongly corroborative of the person's criminal pu

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(a) A person commits the offense of communicating a death threat concerning a school employee or student if: (1) The person communicates to any other person a threat to cause the death of a school employee or student; (2) The threat involves the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon; (3) A reasonable person would believe the person making the threat intends to carry out the threat; (4) The person making the threat purposely engaged in conduct that constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct intended to culminate in the commission of the threatened act; and (5) There is a close temporal relationship between the threatened act and the substantial step. (b) Conduct is not a substantial step under this section unless the conduct is strongly corroborative of the person's criminal purpose. (c) Communicating a death threat concerning a school employee or student is a Class D felony. (d) As used in this section, "school" means any: (1) Elementary school, junior high school, or high school; (2) Technical institute or post-secondary vocational-technical school; or (3) Two-year or four-year college or university.

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