Commonwealth v. Falkenhan

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• defendant convicted of direct criminal contempt must have sentence imposed as required by sentencing code
• defendant convicted of direct criminal contempt must have sentence imposed as required by sentencing code
• defense attorney refused to recognize authority of the court and instructed client to stand mute
• attomey’s refusal to be seated at counsel table and allow hearing to commence and instructions to client to ignore questioning of court obstructed justice
• stating, “[c]riminal contempt of court is a crime”
• stating, “[c]riminal contempt of court is a crime”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).