foxman ’s next sentencing date is set for oct. 12 . by mid afternoon mccarty guilty of two counts of threats to kill another judge who ruled in an earlier custody case involving mccarty . mccarty faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced by circuit judge matt foxman . mccarty ample time to reflect on the seriousness of his threats against the judicial system . alan miller mccarty watched most of his trial thursday morning from behind one - way glass in a small room after yelling at , interrupting and crudely insulting the presiding judge . everyone in the courtroom — judge foxman , attorneys and the jurors — could hear mccarty ’s screams , which included offensive expletives . the move earlier in the day to the adjacent room did n’t help much as mccarty continued to shout expletives , curse the presiding judge , the witnesses and the entire judicial system . besides threatening the judge , mccarty also threatened a pair of dispatchers in the phone calls . also unlike a typical trial , mccarty wore a pair of handcuffs in view of the jury .