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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17, § 3701 (2026)

Threatening communications

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 638 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 499, §20 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1971–1984 · leading case: State v. Sondergaard, 316 A.2d 367 (Me. 1974).
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State v. Sondergaard, 316 A.2d 367 (Me. 1974). · cites it 11× “An indictment returned (November 1972) to the Superior Court by a Lincoln County Grand Jury accused defendant, Jeffrey Sondergaard, of conduct in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 3701. 1 Specifically, the charge was: “On or about May 28, 1972 in the Town of Whitefield, Lincoln County,…”
State v. John W., 418 A.2d 1097 (Me. 1980). · cites it 2× “2d 367 (1974) (construing and upholding the former 17 M.R.S.A. § 3701 (repealed, P.L. 1975, ch.”
State v. Michaud, 473 A.2d 399 (Me. 1984). · cites it 3× “Sondergaard, we assessed the validity of an indictment charging a violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 3701 (1965), repealed by P.”
State v. Porter, 384 A.2d 429 (Me. 1978). · cites it 2× “Indeed, as discussed below, this court had no difficulty in defining the word “threat,” standing alone in the predecessor statute, 17 M.R.S.A. § 3701, supra, in a constitutionally valid way.”
State v. Pierce, 438 A.2d 247 (Me. 1981). “There, we held that, where the threatening communication is made to a person other than the individual against whose person or property the promise of evil or menace of destruction is levelled by the communication, it is an essential element of a true substantive threat within…”
State v. Strollo, 370 A.2d 675 (Me. 1977). · cites it 2× “§ 201, but also threatening oral communication, 17 M.R.S.A. § 3701. Inasmuch as the touching of the breast and* legs can hardly be said to be a threatening oral communication violative of 17 M.”
State v. Daley, 411 A.2d 410 (Me. 1980). “Sondergaard dealt with the crime of “threatening communications” under the pre-Code statute, 17 M.R.S.A. § 3701 (1965), but its reasoning carries forward with equal force to the crime of “terrorizing" under the Code.”
Lizotte v. State, 279 A.2d 524 (Me. 1971). “On July 31, 1968, he was again sentenced to serve not less than two and one-half nor more than five years in the Maine State Prison, after a verdict of guilty returned by a jury on an indictment charging him with uttering a threatening communication, 17 M.R.S.A. § 3701. This…”
State v. Giles, 365 A.2d 1027 (Me. 1976). “17 M.R.S.A. § 3701. . “I’ll go home and get my gun and blow your f.”
State v. Collins, 392 A.2d 1078 (Me. 1978). “§ 503 and 17 M.R.S.A. § 3701 were combined in the Criminal Code as 17-A M.”
State v. Harding, 371 A.2d 418 (Me. 1977). · cites it 2× “After a jury-waived trial the appellant was convicted of having made a threatening oral communication to a public official (formerly 17 M.R.S.A. § 3701 1 ). From the judgment entered on the verdict, appellant filed a seasonable appeal.”
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