Commonwealth Ex Rel. Falwell v. Di Giacinto

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• contempt not justified when voluntary intoxication did not disrupt, embarrass, or hinder the court
• appellant's act of coming to court under the influence of alcohol and slight incoherence was not contemptuous in the absence of a showing that appellant's consumption of alcohol before coming to court significantly obstructed the administration of justice

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