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COMMONWEALTH v. REESE

467 Pa. 107 (1976)

354 A.2d 573

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Donald Lakey REESE. Appeal of Mark WILMORE.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 7, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin S. Drayer, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, John P. Gregg, for appellant.

Milton O. Moss, Dist. Atty., William T. Nicholas, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Stewart J. Greenleaf, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Bert M. Goodman, Norristown, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

This appeal arises from the holding of appellant, Mark Wilmore, in direct criminal contempt of court for invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at the trial of Donald Reese.

The facts surrounding this appeal are as follows. On August 20, 1972, Parnell Butler was found murdered in his cell at Graterford Prison. On October 24, 1972, appellant was...

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