Commonwealth v. Tau Kappa Epsilon

WIEAND, Judge:

The appellants are eleven fraternities at Penn State University.1 They were tried by a jury and were found guilty of furnishing beer to minors in violation of section 493(1) of *250the Liquor Code, Act of April 12, 1951, P.L. 90, art. IY, § 493, as reenacted and amended by the Act of June 29, 1987, P.L. 32, No. 14, § 81, 47 P.S. § 4-493(l).2 Post-trial motions were dismissed. Thereafter, Tau Kappa Epsilon was sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred ($500) dollars, to perform two hundred (200) hours of charitable service, and was placed on probation for a period of one year. The…