Commonwealth v. Long

HESTER, Judge:

This is an appeal by William Long from the judgment of sentence of ninety days imprisonment imposed after the trial court found him in civil contempt for failing to testify at the murder and conspiracy trial of Curtis Brandon. Appellant invoked his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination, which the trial court determined did not apply since appellant could not have been incriminated as a result of the testimony that was being sought at the Brandon trial. The trial court’s conclusion rests primarily on the fact that appellant had testified and had been convicted at…