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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 71S03-0009-CR-529.

743 N.E.2d 755 (2001)

Jaron Q. JOHNSON, Appellant-Defendant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 9, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean P. Hilgendorf, Hilgendorf & Hilgendorf, South Bend, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Karen M. Freeman-Wilson, Attorney General of Indiana, Andrew L. Hedges, Deputy Attorney General, Arthur Thaddeus Perry, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

RUCKER, Justice

When a person utters what can only charitably be called fighting words, then displays a handgun, and next says "don't even think it," we conclude the person has communicated a threat within the meaning of the intimidation statute. We therefore grant transfer and affirm the trial court.

Facts

On the afternoon of November 5, 1998, Sergeant Jerome Kreczmer of the South Bend Police Department stopped...

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