Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: Legal term and charge for making physical threats?

Hello,

It is sometimes said that talk is cheap; but

sometimes it is quite expensive. A threat is by

defination, conditional. If the condition is an

appropriate one, it might be ok. An example might

be "If you hit me, I will hit you back" If the

condition is one which is inappropriate, example;

"if you do not give me ten dollars, I will hit

you" then you have just committed the crime of

EXTORTION. Otherwise known as blackmail, extortion

implies that you will do something wrong if the

other person doesn't give you something or refrain

from doing something. This is a felony.