Commonwealth v. Bowen

After a trial in the District Court, a jury found the defendant, James M. Bowen, guilty of one count of violating an abuse prevention order, three counts of threatening to commit a crime, and one count of making annoying telephone or electronic communications. On appeal, he challenges the convictions of violating the abuse prevention order and the two counts of threats in which his ex-wife was the target on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to show that he contacted or intended for his threats to be communicated to her. He also contends that text messages and Facebook posts were…