The Connecticut Supreme Court has denied the appeal of a man who was convicted of threatening to harm a judge, claiming the First Amendment does not allow for the specific email threats, including killing Judge Elizabeth Bozzuto with a gun 250 yards from her bedroom, that Edward Taupier made.

Bozzuto was a family court judge presiding over Taupier’s bitter divorce battle. The litigant then sent the threatening emails to several acquaintances, including one person who notified authorities. Bozzuto was never sent the emails, which described an attack on her in her Watertown home. One email detailed the distance of Bozzuto’s bedroom to a nearby cemetery and the gun Taupier said he’d use to shoot her.