COM. v. HAIGH


874 A.2d 1174 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. T. Fletcher HAIGH, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 18, 2005.

Reargument Denied June 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt B. Geishauser, Reading, for appellant.

Douglas J. Waltman, Asst. Dist. Atty., Reading, for the Com., appellee.

Before: ORIE MELVIN, McCAFFERY, and TAMILIA, JJ.


McCAFFERY, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, T. Fletcher Haigh, asks us to determine whether the trial court properly convicted him of indirect criminal contempt for violating a Protection from Abuse Order ("PFA order").1 We hold that the evidence was insufficient to establish that Appellant acted with "wrongful intent" under the peculiar circumstances of this case. As a result, we are constrained to reverse Appellant's conviction and vacate the...

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