COM. v. VIENNA HEALTH PRODUCTS, INC.


726 A.2d 432 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. VIENNA HEALTH PRODUCTS, INC. Grafton Downs, Appellant. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Grafton Downs, Appellant.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Acker, New Castle, for appellant.

Mark A. Bellavia, Senior Deputy Atty. General, Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before COLINS, President Judge, and FRIEDMAN, J., and NARICK, Senior Judge.


NARICK, Senior Judge.

The issue presented is whether Grafton Downs (Downs) may be ordered to pay the unpaid criminal fines levied against a now-defunct corporation, of which he was the sole shareholder, where Downs was separately charged with the same crimes as the corporation and was either acquitted or convicted and served his sentence. We conclude that Downs cannot be ordered to pay the corporation's fines, and therefore reverse the order of the Court of Common...

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