Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Delbert Orr AFRICA, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1981-12-17
Citations: 496 Pa. 517
Docket Number: Nos. 277, 282, 383
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Delbert Orr AFRICA, Appellant.
Judges: Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, KAUFFMAN and WILKINSON, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 496
Pages: 517–518

Head Matter:
437 A.2d 1160
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. Delbert Orr AFRICA, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Oct. 19, 1981.
Decided Dec. 17, 1981.
Methuslah Bradley, IV, Philadelphia, court appointed, for appellant.
Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Mark Gurevitz, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, KAUFFMAN and WILKINSON, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
Appellant Delbert Orr Africa was summarily adjudged guilty of direct criminal contempt under 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4131(3) on three dates, June 6, June 22 and August 28, 1979 during a lengthy hearing on a motion to suppress evidence. On direct appeal to this Court, appellant contends that (1) the evidence does not support his convictions and (2) because the time to be served for the three convictions runs consecutively and is hence in excess of six months incarceration, he is entitled to the opportunity for a jury trial.
After a thorough review of the record and the issues involved, we conclude that appellant's arguments are without merit.
Judgment of sentence affirmed.