Supreme Court of the United States, 1973

Codispoti v. Pennsylvania

Codispoti v. Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 3, 1973
414 U.S. 1063; 94 S. Ct. 569 (United States Reports)

Codispoti v. Pennsylvania

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Pa. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pau-peris granted. Certiorari granted limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition which read as follows:

1. “Should petitioners receive cumulative sentences for contempt of court imposed at the end of a trial where the total effective sentence received must be used rather *1064than the individual sentences in order to determine the seriousness of the contempt and thereby determine whether the accused should be afforded the right to a jury trial?”
2. “Should the strong possibility of a substantial term of imprisonment require that an accused be afforded the right to a jury trial?”

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