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Criminal

Aug. 1, 2002

DCA Rules Boy's Drawing Of Shooting Is Not a Threat

SAN FRANCISCO - A high school student cannot be prosecuted for making a criminal threat simply because he painted a picture of himself shooting the campus police officer who had busted him for drug possession.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A high school student cannot be prosecuted for making a criminal threat simply because he painted a picture of himself shooting the campus police officer who had busted him for drug possession.
        A panel of the Sacramento-based 3rd Dis...

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