People v. Garcia

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of threatening a public official, and sentenced to 54 months in prison. Conviction based on evidence that Defendant made death threats against judge after she had found him in contempt of court. Although Defendant did not make threats in Judge's presence, he made them in presence of police and sheriff's department personnel, and judge was made aware of threats, and was thus sufficient within meaning of Section 12-9 of Code. Jury could reasonably infer that it was a practical certainty that threats, made in presence of police and sheriff's department, would be brought to judge's attention, thus sufficient to meet requirement that Defendant acted knowingly. (McLAREN and HUDSON, concurring.)