Commonwealth v. Stevenson

OPINION

POMEROY, Justice.

Appellant Martin Stanshine, a lawyer, was adjudicated in contempt of court and sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred dollars. Because this case involves a direct criminal contempt in a court of common pleas, a direct appeal was brought here.1

Appellant represented George Stevenson, a defendant in a criminal case. The record discloses that the trial judge in this case frequently addressed the members of the jury panel as “good jurors” during his voir dire instructions. Part of these instructions dealt with the jurors’ duty to follow the law as determined by the court,…