Commonwealth v. Corsetti

How courts have described this case

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• noting that such conduct satisfies “necessary to maintain order in the courtroom” requirement found in rule 43 [a] even though refusal is respectful
• affirming contempt in the absence of an explicit warning when the contemnor \was not taken by surprise\
• affirming contempt in the absence of an explicit warning when the contemnor “was not taken by surprise”
• no common law or constitutional privilege where source and contents of statements disclosed in article
• no common law privilege to decline to testify where source has been described and information made public
• no common law or constitutional privilege where source and contents of statements disclosed in article

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).