Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1/28/1977

Commonwealth v. Haefner

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368 A.2d 686
470 Pa. 392
1977 Pa. LEXIS 534

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holding that lay person cannot be held to have committed criminal contempt, when defendant's answer of prosecutor's question contained material which court had ruled inadmissible because a court \cannot expect a layman to interpret questions as if he were an attorney\
holding that lay person cannot be held to have committed criminal contempt, when defendant's answer of prosecutor's question contained material which court had ruled inadmissible because a court “cannot expect a layman to interpret questions as if he were an attorney”
contempt reversed where witness testified on subject despite court order not to do so
contempt reversed where witness testified on subject despite court order not to do so

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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Manderino, Nix

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