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WOODS v. COM.

712 S.W.2d 363 (1986)

Roy Lee WOODS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Fentress, Daniel T. Goyette, Jefferson Dist. Public Defender, J. David Niehaus, Deputy Appellate Defender of the Jefferson Dist. Public Defender, Louisville, for appellant.

David L. Armstrong, Atty. Gen., Virgil W. Webb, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

Before CLAYTON, LESTER and REYNOLDS, JJ.

REYNOLDS, Judge.

This appeal is raised from the orders of the Jefferson Circuit Court finding appellant guilty of two counts of contempt for refusal to be sworn as a witness and refusal to testify. Appellant asserts that his refusals were protected by the 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution; that the two sentences of five months and 29 days imposed upon him were in violation of KRS 421.140; that the sentences he received were deemed to run consecutively...

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