Commonwealth v. Hokanson

After a jury-waived trial in the District Court, the defendant appeals from his convictions of disturbing the peace, G. L. c. 272, § 53, and threatening to commit a crime, G. L. c. 275, § 2. At the close of the Commonwealth’s case, the defendant moved for a required finding of not guilty, but only as to the charge of threatening to commit a crime. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence of both convictions.1 We affirm.

*4041. Facts. We rehearse the facts in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, see Commonwealth v. Latimore, 378 Mass. 671, 676-677 (1979), omitting some details that…