P. v. Smadi CA2/4
While on probation for two convictions for making criminal threats (Pen. Code, § 422, subd. (a)), on April 12, 2018, defendant and appellant Ahmad Talal Smadi sent his probation officer an email. In his email, defendant stated that if he did not receive $10 million from the County of Los Angeles, and personal apologies from the judge who presided over his prior cases (the Honorable Hayden Zacky) and the prosecuting attorney (Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney (DDA) Elena Abramson), defendant would execute both for treason. Each victim received the email, and defendant was arrested.
In a June 2018 information, defendant was charged with two counts of making criminal threats (§ 422, subd. (a)). The information also alleged that defendant had suffered two convictions in November 2013 for making criminal threats, each constituting a prior serious or violent felony conviction (§§ 667, subds. (a), (b) (i), 1170.12, subds. (a) (d)).
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