Convicting Inmate of Threat He Couldn’t Carry Out Is Upheld
A prison inmate who wrote threatening letters to his mother-in-law may be convicted of making threats of bodily harm, even though he could not carry them out, a state appeals court ruled Monday.
The justices upheld the conviction of Gerald Ditsch, 45, who is serving a 2 1/2-year sentence in the Norfolk County House of Correction in Dedham for raping his 12-year-old daughter, and sentenced him to an additional six-month term for writing the letters.
Ditsch believed his mother-in-law was responsible for his conviction, authorities said.
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