Commonwealth v. Padilla

OPINION BY

MONTEMURO, J.:

¶ 1 This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of six months’ reporting probation imposed following Appellant’s bench conviction of indirect criminal contempt. Appellant was found to have violated a temporary order under the Protection from Abuse Act (PFA), 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6101, et seq., directing him to have no contact with the victim, a woman whom he had been dating for four months.

¶ 2 In the late afternoon of Friday, November 12, 2004, the victim received an emergency PFA directive ordering Appellant to have no contact with her for 18 months. Because of the…