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TUMPSON APPEAL

236 Pa.Super. 568 (1975)

Tumpson Appeal.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

October 17, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry P. Tumpson, appellant, in propria persona.

Richard A. Bell, District Attorney, with him William C. Kriner, Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WATKINS, P.J., JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, and VAN DER VOORT, JJ. (SPAETH, J., absent).

OPINION BY PRICE, J., October 17, 1975:

The appellant, Barry P. Tumpson, was convicted of indirect criminal contempt1 for allegedly advising a client to disobey a court order. On this appeal, appellant contests the propriety of his conviction. We agree that appellant was not in contempt, and will reverse the conviction and vacate the sentence.

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