Is it a crime to tell someone that you are going to scratch their car?
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Is it a crime to tell someone that you are going to scratch their car?
Asked on March 29, 2014 under Criminal Law, Pennsylvania
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
Technically, what you have written is not a crime per se until the actual scratching happens. Saying that one will do a bad act is not a crime. However, when the bad act happens such as the scratching of the car, then a crime has happened.
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