# Commonwealth v. Edwards

> Superior Court of Pennsylvania · December 31, 1997 · 703 A.2d 1058

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4955033

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Anthony EDWARDS, (at 4347) COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Arthur BRINSON a/k/a Daniel Glover, (at 219)
- **Court:** Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** December 31, 1997
- **Citations:** 703 A.2d 1058; 1997 Pa. Super. LEXIS 4021
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Montemuro
- **Judges:** Cavanaugh, Montemuro, Schiller
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4955033

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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”

## Opinion text

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.

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