Uttering Threats

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UTTERING THREATS

Words Have Power, So Does Your Defense

Facing a charge for uttering threats? The consequences can be serious, but the right legal team can make all the difference. Get the support and defence you need to protect your rights.

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Uttering a threat occurs when a person knowingly utters or conveys a threat or causes a person to receive a threat.

A threat can take many forms: words, written messages, emails, social media postings, or actions that threaten bodily harm, death, or damage to real or personal property or injury or death to an animal belonging to the threatened individual.

Threats do not have to be verbalized to be convicted of this offence. A throat-slashing gesture could be perceived as uttering a threat.

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Penalties for an Uttering Threats Conviction

If you are convicted of Uttering Threats, your permanent criminal record will show that you have been convicted of a violent crime. The maximum penalty you will face is a 5-year jail term.

In addition, you face the possibility of fines, probation, and other challenges associated with having a criminal record, such as firearm bans, employment challenges, and international travel restrictions.

If you’ve been charged with Uttering a Threat, your best defence begins the moment you retain an experienced Assault lawyer to represent you.

Our Proprietary Approach to Uttering Threats Charges

Uttering Threats charges can have significant consequences on your reputation, your freedom, your liberty, your employment opportunities, your relationship with your family, and your ability to travel internationally.

There are two sides to every assault charge. You need a lawyer who takes your side, believes in you and will fight to resolve your assault charge in a manner most favorable to you. As criminal assault lawyers, we appear in court for you, speak with the Crown Prosecutors on your behalf, resolve your charges, or take them to trial.

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We represent clients at the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice throughout Ontario.

We humanize you in the eyes of the Crown Prosecutor

When a Crown Prosecutor receives your case from the police all they see is your name, a case number, your charge(s), and the details of your alleged crime. That’s it.

Our proprietary approach in dealing with the Crown Prosecutors on your behalf is to expand their vision of you. To help them see you as a ‘person’ — a father, son, brother, mother, daughter, sister and so on. We ensure they are aware of hardships you’ve endured in life, your goals, your ambitions. We want them to understand the life pressures on you that may have been a factor when the alleged assault occurred. And through proposed diversion programs, we want them to understand how you are dealing with this situation in a way that is most favorable to ensure it never happens again.

Having ‘humanized’ you in the eyes of the Crown Prosecutor, the next step is to negotiate to have your assault charges reduced, dropped completely, or withdrawn as a result of proposed diversion programs, and resolved with small fines, community service, or a peace bond.

However, if we have to go to court to fight for you, we will aggressively defend you, fight for your rights, and strive to have all charges against you withdrawn.