§ 22-3252. Blackmail.

Current through October 23, 2012

(a) A person commits the offense of blackmail, if, with intent to obtain property of another or to cause another to do or refrain from doing any act, that person threatens:

(1) To accuse any person of a crime;

(2) To expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or false, tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule; or

(3) To impair the reputation of any person, including a deceased person.

(b) Any person convicted of blackmail shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

                
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(Dec. 1, 1982, D.C. Law 4-164, § 152, 29 DCR 3976.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 22-3852.

Legislative History of Laws

For legislative history of D.C. Law 4-164, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 22-3201.