COMMONWEALTH v. SANTANIELLO


369 Mass. 606 (1976)

341 N.E.2d 259

COMMONWEALTH vs. ANTHONY J. SANTANIELLO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

January 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Manning, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

William K. Danaher, Jr., for the defendant, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & WILKINS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

The defendant was found guilty of contempt for failure to answer questions put to him before a grand jury of Hampden County (grand jury) and was sentenced to six months in a house of correction or "until he complies with the order of the Court whichever first occurs." He has appealed under G.L.c. 233, § 20H, from the adjudication of contempt. We transferred the appeal here on our own motion. There was no...

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