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5. Accоrding tо Cаlifоrniа Penаl Code 422, “[a]ny person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement, made verbally, in writing, or by means of an electronic communication device, is to be taken as a threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out . . . shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by imprisonment in the state prison.” Assume a prosecutor, in a one-count complaint, uses this code section to obtain a conviction for a quadriplegic who gave a speech to a group of three or four people advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government. What is the most likely decision and rationale of a Court of Appeal based on U.S. Supreme Court precedent?