Is it a federal or state offense when someone makes phone threats across state lines?
and what is the federal or state statutes that covers this if someone phones another person across state lines and threatens them? where do you find more legal case law on this and statutes
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No, it is not federal at all. it is a misdemeanor crime called privacy in communications and without proof such as a recording of an actual threat, you have nothing.
It could be either.
The state laws would apply in the state where the threats were made, or where they were received.
Federal laws would apply because of the medium (interstate communications channels).
To find the relevant laws, you would need to search the statutes -- for federal, use FindLaw.com -- for each state, most have their laws on a state website.
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