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K.S.A. § 21-3419 (2026)

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21-3419.

History: L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3419; L. 1984, ch. 116, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 298, § 14; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 32; L. 2002, ch. 88, § 3; L. 2009, ch. 132, § 3; Repealed, L. 2010, ch. 136, § 307; July 1, 2011.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 87 cases (12 in the last 5 years), 1975–2026 · leading case: State v. King, 305 P.3d 641 (Kan. 2013).
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State v. King, 305 P.3d 641 (Kan. 2013). · cites it 13× “The nature of the conduct prohibited by all three subdivisions of K.S.A. 21-3419 is defined in the first five words of the statute: “A criminal threat is any threat.”
State v. Williams, 368 P.3d 1065 (Kan. 2016). · cites it 6× “) K.S.A. 21-3419. Through these provisions, tire legislature described two material and distinct mental state elements for criminal threat—intent to terrorize or reckless disregard of the risk of terrorizing—which would suggest it intended to create alternative means for…”
State v. Cope, 44 P.3d 1224 (Kan. 2002). · cites it 18× “Cope was convicted in a jury trial of making a criminal threat (K.S.A. 21-3419[a][1]). He appealed therefrom, raising three issues: (1) constitutionality of K.”
State v. Cope, 29 P.3d 974 (Kan. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 18× “eat to commit violence with the intent to cause the evacuation of any building, place, assembly, or facility of transportation, to-wit: the Johnson County Courthouse, or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing evacuation of any building, place, assembly, or facility of…”
State v. Woolverton, 159 P.3d 985 (Kan. 2007). · cites it 4× “” The American Heritage Dictionary 299 (2d ed. 1985). The word “understood” means “perceived and comprehended.”
State v. Hirsh, 446 P.3d 472 (Kan. 2019). · cites it 2× “In that case, a jury convicted defendant Kameron King of three counts of making a criminal threat violating K.S.A. 21-3419(a)(1) for communicating a single threat to kill to a group of three people.”
State v. Mustafa Abdulla Abu-Isba, 685 P.2d 856 (Kan. 1984). · cites it 6× “: This is an appeal in a criminal action from a jury verdict finding Mustafa Abdulla Abu-Isba (defendant-appellant) guilty of communicating a terroristic threat (K.S.A. 21-3419). The appellant contends (1) his arrest was not based on probable cause, (2) the Kansas Attorney…”
State v. Foster, 233 P.3d 265 (Kan. 2010). · cites it 2× “See K.S.A. 21-3419. The facts show Foster spent at least an hour, perhaps longer, terrorizing R.”
State v. Miller, 629 P.2d 748 (Kan. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 5× “Miller, from his conviction of communicating a terroristic threat (K.S.A. 21-3419). The charge arose as a result of defendant’s having burned a wooden cross on the driveway of the residence of Norman Manley, then an assistant county attorney for Butler County, Kansas.”
State v. Schuette, 44 P.3d 459 (Kan. 2002). · cites it 2× “Schuette’s direct appeal of his convictions of criminal threat under K.S.A. 21-3419(a)(l) (a person felony) and harassment by telephone under K.”
State v. Potts, 135 P.3d 1054 (Kan. 2006). · cites it 4× “See K.S.A. 2005 Supp. 21-3419(a)(l). Aggravated criminal sodomy requires proof that the defendant caused the victim to engage in sodomy without consent under circumstances when the victim was overcome by force or fear.”
State v. Lee, 977 P.2d 263 (Kan. 1999). · cites it 2× “21-3415 is aggravated battery against a law enforcement officer, K.S.A. 21-3419 is criminal threat, K.S.A.”
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— K.S.A. § 21-3419(1) — 1 case
Harris v. Evans, 795 F. Supp. 1060 (D. Kan. 1992).
— K.S.A. § 21-3419(a) — 8 cases
State v. Williams, 368 P.3d 1065 (Kan. 2016). “) K.S.A. 21-3419. Through these provisions, tire legislature described two material and distinct mental state elements for criminal threat—intent to terrorize or reckless disregard of the risk of terrorizing—which would suggest it intended to create alternative means for…”
State v. King, 305 P.3d 641 (Kan. 2013). “The nature of the conduct prohibited by all three subdivisions of K.S.A. 21-3419 is defined in the first five words of the statute: “A criminal threat is any threat.”
State v. Woolverton, 159 P.3d 985 (Kan. 2007). “” The American Heritage Dictionary 299 (2d ed. 1985). The word “understood” means “perceived and comprehended.”
State v. Hendrix, 218 P.3d 40 (Kan. 2009).
State v. Richardson, 209 P.3d 696 (Kan. 2009).
— K.S.A. § 21-3419(a)(1) — 21 cases
State v. Hirsh, 446 P.3d 472 (Kan. 2019). “In that case, a jury convicted defendant Kameron King of three counts of making a criminal threat violating K.S.A. 21-3419(a)(1) for communicating a single threat to kill to a group of three people.”
State v. Williams, 368 P.3d 1065 (Kan. 2016). “) K.S.A. 21-3419. Through these provisions, tire legislature described two material and distinct mental state elements for criminal threat—intent to terrorize or reckless disregard of the risk of terrorizing—which would suggest it intended to create alternative means for…”
State v. Louis, 476 P.3d 837 (Kan. Ct. App. 2020).
State v. Cope, 44 P.3d 1224 (Kan. 2002). “Cope was convicted in a jury trial of making a criminal threat (K.S.A. 21-3419[a][1]). He appealed therefrom, raising three issues: (1) constitutionality of K.”
State v. Patten, 122 P.3d 350 (Kan. 2005).
— K.S.A. § 21-3419(a)(l) — 15 cases
State v. King, 305 P.3d 641 (Kan. 2013). “The nature of the conduct prohibited by all three subdivisions of K.S.A. 21-3419 is defined in the first five words of the statute: “A criminal threat is any threat.”
State v. Woolverton, 159 P.3d 985 (Kan. 2007). “” The American Heritage Dictionary 299 (2d ed. 1985). The word “understood” means “perceived and comprehended.”
State v. Williams, 368 P.3d 1065 (Kan. 2016). “) K.S.A. 21-3419. Through these provisions, tire legislature described two material and distinct mental state elements for criminal threat—intent to terrorize or reckless disregard of the risk of terrorizing—which would suggest it intended to create alternative means for…”
State v. Schuette, 44 P.3d 459 (Kan. 2002). “Schuette’s direct appeal of his convictions of criminal threat under K.S.A. 21-3419(a)(l) (a person felony) and harassment by telephone under K.”
State v. Potts, 135 P.3d 1054 (Kan. 2006). “See K.S.A. 2005 Supp. 21-3419(a)(l). Aggravated criminal sodomy requires proof that the defendant caused the victim to engage in sodomy without consent under circumstances when the victim was overcome by force or fear.”
— K.S.A. § 21-3419(b) — 1 case
State v. Phipps (Kan. Ct. App. 2023).
— K.S.A. § 21-3419(l)(a) — 1 case
Harris v. Evans, 795 F. Supp. 1060 (D. Kan. 1992).
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