The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear argument on whether threatening to kill a man and feed him to pigs constitutes assaultive behavior if the threats were not communicated to the intended target and no actions were taken to implement the threats.
The court will hear argument in Commonwealth v. Simmons, which involves a man, Ernest Simmons, on probation following a third-degree murder conviction, who told his girlfriend and several health care providers that he wanted to kill a romantic rival.
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