COM. EX REL. FALWELL v. DI GIACINTO


324 Pa.Super. 200 (1984)

471 A.2d 533

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania ex rel. Rita L. FALWELL, v. A.S. DI GIACINTO, Warden of Northampton County Prison. Appeal of Rita L. FALWELL.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed January 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret H. Poswistilo, Easton, for appellant.

John D. DiGiacomo, Easton, for appellee.

Before WICKERSHAM, CIRILLO and LIPEZ, JJ.


LIPEZ, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for habeas corpus, which requested that defendant be released from prison, to which the court below had sentenced defendant after finding her in contempt of court. We reverse the order of the court, vacate the judgments of sentence for criminal contempt and discharge defendant.

On August 7, 1981 defendant, who was not represented by an attorney, appeared in the court below as the defendant in...

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