As in all criminal cases, entering a plea of guilty to a charge of Uttering Death or Uttering Bodily Harm can have profoundly serious consequences.\u00a0 Having a criminal record may effect your work, your immigration status, your reputation, your family and your personal freedom.<\/p>\n
If you are facing a charge of Uttering Threats in Toronto, Oshawa, Newmarket, Brampton, or throughout Southern Ontario, the Law Office of Norm Stanford can help. \u00a0Call the office to speak to Norm Stanford directly about your Utter Threats charge at (416) 420-6107.\u00a0 Consultations are always free.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Uttering threats charges can take many different forms.\u00a0 The two most common ones appearing in police charges are Uttering Death and Uttering Bodily Harm.\u00a0 These charges often result from allegations of incidents involving partners in domestic situations, assaults outside of domestic situations, messages sent by cell phones, instant messenger, Facebook, or telephone calls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
To convict someone of Uttering Threats, the Crown prosecutor must show that the threat was made knowingly — that the person who is accused of making the threat was aware of the meaning of the words and what they convey.\u00a0 The threat must also have been made seriously.\u00a0 Proof of the charge does not require a motive, nor does it require that the person making the threat was capable of carrying it out.<\/p>\n
Certain convictions for Uttering Threats have been achieved even when the threat that is made is in the conditional – “If <\/em>you don’t stop it, I will hurt you.”<\/p>\n Under cc. 264.1 (1) Every one commits an offence who, in any manner, knowingly utters, conveys or causes any person to receive a threat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n (a) to cause death or bodily harm to any person;<\/p>\n (b) to burn, destroy or damage real or personal property; or<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n (c) to kill, poison or injure an animal or bird that is the property of any person.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Under subsection (2) Every one who commits an offence under paragraph (1)(a) is guilty of<\/p>\n<\/div>\n (a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n (3) Every one who commits an offence under paragraph (1)(b) or (c)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In addition to prison time, note that there may be other consequences for a conviction for a charge of Uttering Death or Uttering Bodily Harm.\u00a0 These consequences are further explained at the link above, and may include deportation for non-citizens, and issues regarding employment and travel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n There are many defences available to a charge involving Uttering Death or Uttering Bodily Harm.\u00a0 These defences often focus on the identity of the person who is alleged to have made the threat, the seriousness of the threat, and the context in which it was made.\u00a0 Toronto Criminal Lawyer Norm Stanford has handled many charges involving Uttering Threats and is available to provide a free consultation for your criminal matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As in all criminal cases, entering a plea of guilty to a charge of Uttering Death or Uttering Bodily Harm can have profoundly serious consequences.\u00a0 Having a criminal record may effect your work, your immigration status, your reputation, your family and your personal freedom. If you are facing a charge of Uttering Threats in Toronto, Oshawa, Newmarket, Brampton, or throughout Southern Ontario, the Law Office of Norm Stanford can help. \u00a0Call the office to speak to Norm Stanford directly about your Utter Threats charge at (416) 420-6107.\u00a0 Consultations are always free. What are Uttering Threats charges? What must the Crown prove to convict me? What about conditional threats? What does the Criminal Code of Canada say about Uttering Threats? Are there defences available to Uttering Threats? *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 * What are Uttering Threats charges? Uttering threats charges can take many different forms.\u00a0 The two most common ones appearing in police<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.normstanford.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>What does the Criminal Code of Canada say?<\/h3>\n
<\/a>What is the possible punishment for Uttering Threats?<\/h3>\n
<\/a>Are there defences to Uttering Threats?<\/h3>\n