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jesus43
Jul 7, 2013, 02:48 PM
I want to know that if a person is on house arrest threaten to do harm to another person is it a crime.
AK lawyer
Jul 7, 2013, 03:38 PM
Would help to know which state or country it is in which this person is located?
ScottGem
Jul 7, 2013, 04:21 PM
Depends on the terms of house arrest, who they threatened and why. As well as local laws.
For example, if they were threatening a witness in their case it certainly would be a crime.
AK lawyer
Jul 8, 2013, 06:22 AM
And unless (by contacting a victim or witness, for example) the person is violating the terms of the order allowing "house arrest" (as an alternative to jail), I don't see that "the terms of the house arrest", or indeed the fact that the person is under arrest, are relevant.
The real question is whether the person has committed a crime. That, in turn, would depend upon the criminal statutes of the jurisdiction and exactly what he or she is believed to have threatened to do.