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COMMONWEALTH v. AFRICA

466 Pa. 603 (1976)

353 A.2d 855

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Africa AFRICA, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Merle AUSTIN, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Laverne SIMS, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Gerald FORD, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Theodore WILLIAMSON, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Conrad HAMPTON, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Donald GROSSMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Lerner, Defender, John W. Packel, Asst. Defender, Chief, Appeals Div., Patrick J. Mandracchia, Douglas H. Riblet, Asst. Public Defenders, Philadelphia, for appellants.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Glen Gitomer, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

We are asked in these appeals to review1 appellants' summary convictions for contempt of court.

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Appellants were arrested on charges arising from their participation in a protest demonstration held on October 25, 1974, in Philadelphia. Trial on these charges began on January 15, 1975. At the opening of trial, the court granted...

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