throw checked Exceptions from mocks with Mockito

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I’m trying to have one of my mocked objects throw a checked Exception when a particular method is called. I’m trying the following.

@Test(expectedExceptions = SomeException.class)
public void throwCheckedException() {
    List<String> list = mock(List.class);
    when(list.get(0)).thenThrow(new SomeException());
    String test = list.get(0);
}

public class SomeException extends Exception {
}

However, that produces the following error.

org.testng.TestException: 
Expected exception com.testing.MockitoCheckedExceptions$SomeException but got org.mockito.exceptions.base.MockitoException: 
Checked exception is invalid for this method!
Invalid: com.testing.MockitoCheckedExceptions$SomeException

Looking at the Mockito documentation, they only use RuntimeException, is it not possible to throw checked Exceptions from a mock object with Mockito?

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