Commonwealth v. Swinehart

POPOVICH, Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered on January 19, 1994, in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County holding appellant in criminal and civil contempt for his refusal to testify. We affirm.

The record reveals that in January of 1994, the Commonwealth served a subpoena on appellant for the purpose of seeking his testimony in the trial of Patricia Ann Swinehart, appellant’s co-defendant in a capital murder case. Thereafter, appellant filed a motion to quash that subpoena and to deny the grant of immunity. On January 19, 1994, the lower court held a…