Commonwealth v. Jones

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’BRIEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, a MOVE sympathizer, was charged with indirect criminal contempt and obstructing the administration of the law for violating a restraining order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.1 On April 6, 1978, appellant appeared before a municipal court judge for a combined trial on the indirect criminal contempt charge and a preliminary hearing on the obstruction charge.2 Appellant waived a trial by jury and was adjudged guilty of indirect criminal contempt. The other charge was dismissed. Appellant thereafter filed this appeal…