Commonwealth v. Trimboli

The defendant was charged with threatening to commit murder and disrupting a court proceeding. After a jury trial, he was acquitted of the former but found guilty of the latter. The defendant appeals from his conviction.

The only witness at the trial was the probate judge in whose courtroom the alleged threats and disruption occurred. The jury were also provided with portions of a tape of the Probate Court proceedings.

The judge testified to the following. The proceedings in the Probate Court related to the extension of two restraining orders sought by the defendant’s former wife and to the…