COM. v. SWINEHART


434 Pa.Super. 123 (1994)

642 A.2d 504

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Patricia Ann SWINEHART Appeal of Thomas DEBLASE.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 24, 1994.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted October 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel C. Stretton, West Chester, for appellant.

Mary M. Killinger, Exec. Asst. Dist. Atty., Norristown, for Com., appellee.

Before BECK, POPOVICH and HOFFMAN, JJ.


POPOVICH, Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered on January 19, 1994, in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County holding appellant in criminal and civil contempt for his refusal to testify. We affirm.

The record reveals that in January of 1994, the Commonwealth served a subpoena on appellant for the purpose of seeking his testimony in the trial of Patricia Ann Swinehart, appellant's co-defendant in a capital murder case. Thereafter...

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