Commonwealth v. Haigh

McCAFFERY, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, T. Fletcher Haigh, asks us to determine whether the trial court properly convicted him of indirect criminal contempt for violating a Protection from Abuse Order (“PFA order”).1 We hold that the evidence was insufficient to establish that Appellant acted with “wrongful intent” under the peculiar circumstances of this case. As a result, we are constrained to reverse Appellant’s conviction and vacate the judgment of sentence.

¶ 2 The relevant factual and procedural history is as follows. On August 21, 2003, Appellant and his wife of thirty-one (31) years, Christine…