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IN RE MARTORANO

464 Pa. 66 (1975)

346 A.2d 22

In re Raymond MARTORANO. Appeal of the COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Klugheit, Asst. Atty. Gen., Walter M. Phillips, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, for Commonwealth, appellant.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellee Raymond Martorano was held in contempt of court for refusing to testify before an investigating grand jury after being granted immunity and ordered to testify pursuant to the Act of November 22, 1968, P.L. 1080, 19 P.S. § 640.1-.6 (Supp. 1974). In this appeal we must decide the propriety of that adjudication.

On July 2, 1974, Martorano was served with a subpoena ordering him to testify on July...

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