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COM. v. STEVENSON

482 Pa. 76 (1978)

393 A.2d 386

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. George STEVENSON. Appeal of Martin STANSHINE, Esq.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 5, 1978.

Reargument Denied November 9, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Defender Assn. of Phila., Benjamin Lerner, Defender, Jonathan Miller, Asst. Public Defender, John W. Packel, Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Glen Gitomer, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

POMEROY, Justice.

Appellant Martin Stanshine, a lawyer, was adjudicated in contempt of court and sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred dollars. Because this case involves a direct criminal contempt in a court of common pleas, a direct appeal was brought here.1

Appellant represented George Stevenson, a defendant in a criminal case. The record discloses that the trial judge in this case frequently addressed the...

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