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CMWLTH. EX REL. CARCACI v. BRANDAMORE

459 Pa. 48 (1974)

327 A.2d 1

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania ex rel. Lieutenant Angelo J. CARCACI, Appellant, v. William BRANDAMORE, Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 28, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Gerber and Marc D. Jonas, Norristown, William J. Peters, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Edward Friedman, Matthew F. Coppolino, Chief Counsel, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Pa., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final order dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.1 The relator, a witness in an investigation conducted by a committee of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, refused to answer certain questions put to him at the bar of the House. By resolution, the House of Representatives found him in contempt, and directed that he be committed...

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