The following excerpt is from In the Matter of Harris v. Harris, 2004 NY Slip Op 51262(U) (NY 7/7/2004), 2004 NY Slip Op 51262(U) (N.Y. 2004):
Here, the petitioner was unable to show that the February 4, 2004 telephone conversation created any clear and present danger of substantive evil. Even if the petitioner met her burden of showing that the respondent did, in fact threaten to break the windows to gain entry to the marital residence, these statements alone would not rise to the level of unprotected speech under The People of the State of New York v. Dietze, 75 NY2d 47, (1989).
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