P. v. Fawcett CA5
A court clerk reported defendant Mark Randall Fawcett to court security after he passed her and another court clerk in front of the courthouse, threatened to blow up the building, and told them “to try and have a nice day.” Defendant was apprehended outside of the police department, which was near the public defender’s office. Defendant was subsequently charged with threatening state officials (Pen. Code, § 76, subd. (a); count 1), criminal threats (§ 422, subd. (a); count 2), resisting, delaying, or obstructing a peace officer (§ 148, subd. (a)(1); count 3), and disobeying a court order (§ 166, subd. (a)(4); count 4). (Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.) A jury convicted defendant of counts 1, 2, and 4. In a bifurcated proceeding, defendant admitted a prior prison term enhancement.
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