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COM. v. BAKER

766 A.2d 328 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Gregory A. BAKER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan R. Emmons, Elizabeth C. Cannon, District Attorney's Office for Com.

Andy Goncharoff, Public Defender's Office for Gregory A. Baker.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice*

We granted allocatur in this matter to assess the validity of a judgment of sentence imposed for indirect criminal contempt, upon an asserted violation of a temporary protection order under the Protection From Abuse Act.1 For the reasons that follow, we find that the trial court should not have imposed a sentence for indirect criminal contempt. Accordingly, we affirm...

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