(a) A person is guilty of criminal intimidation if he knowingly compels or induces another to do an act which the latter has a legal privilege not to do or to refrain from doing an act which the latter has a legal privilege to do by threatening to: (1) commit any criminal offense; (2) accuse anyone of a criminal offense;
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(3) expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to impair his credit or business repute; or (4) take or withhold action as an official or to cause an official to take or withhold action. (b) Criminal intimidation is a misdemeanor. SOURCE: G.P.C. §§ 257, 265, 266b, 266g, 518-524; see also § 650; M.P.C. § 212.5; *Cal. § 1533 (t.d.1 1967); Mass. Ch. 265, § 12; N.J. § 2c: 13-5. CROSS-REFERENCES: § 43.40 (Theft by Extortion). § 61.20 this title. COMMENT: § 22.60 generalizes a type of behavior-threat which was formerly treated by various Guam Penal Code sections. This section does not attempt to completely replace these sections; for example, § 43.40 provides specifically for theft by extortion. It does, however, compliment these provisions by classifying as a misdemeanor any threat designed to force a victim to do something which he has a legal privilege not to do or to refrain from doing something which he has a legal privilege to do. Not included is threat for harassment or for threat's sake only; this is covered by § 61.20.
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