holding that the failure to appear in court as required by previous court proceedings may be considered an act of direct criminal contempt when the defendant is finally brought to court
How later courts described this case
- holding that the failure to appear in court as required by previous court proceedings may be considered an act of direct criminal contempt when the defendant is finally brought to court
- holding that the “failure to appear in court pursuant to previous court process may [] be considered an act of direct criminal contempt when the person is finally brought to court”
- under 42 Pa.C.S. § 4132, “failure to appear in court pursuant to previous -7- J-A29009-17 court process” is “an act of direct criminal contempt when the person is finally brought to court.”
- failure to appear in court as required by previous court proceedings may be considered act of direct criminal contempt when defendants were finally brought to court
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
MONTEMURO, Judge,
dissenting:
Because I find that the defendants in this matter waived their right to raise the issue of notice, I would affirm the judgments of sentence.