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[J-83-00]
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 232 M.D. Appeal Dkt. 1999
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Appellant v. GREGORY A. BAKER,  : : : : : : :  Appeal from the Superior Court entered 12/23/98 at No. 586 HBG 1997 which vacated the Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of York County, Criminal Division, entered 5/27/97 at No. 170 MD 97  
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Appellee  :  Argued:  May 1, 2000  

OPINION


MR. JUSTICE CAPPY*           DECIDED: FEBRUARY 20, 2001
We granted allocatur in this matter to assess the validity of a judgment of sentence imposed for indirect criminal contempt, upon an asserted violation of a temporary protection order under the Protection From Abuse Act.1 For the reasons that follow, we find that the trial court should not have imposed a sentence for indirect criminal contempt.  Accordingly, we affirm the Superior Court

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