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PEOPLE v. CARRON

Docket No. B078892.

37 Cal.App.4th 1230 (1995)

44 Cal. Rptr. 328

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM CLARK CARRON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

August 22, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bradley Wm. Brunon for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Assistant Attorney General,

Linda C. Johnson and William H. Davis, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WOODS (Fred), J.

In this case of first impression, we hold that the crime of stalking (Pen. Code,1 § 646.9) does not require an intent to kill or cause great bodily injury, but only a specific intent to make a "credible threat" so as to make the threatened person reasonably fear death or great bodily injury. Accordingly, we affirm the stalking conviction and judgment.

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