Commonwealth v. Hollenbeck

WIEAND, Judge.

Albert Clair Hollenbeck was tried by jury and was found guilty of violating Pennsylvania’s fireworks law'1 by making illegal sales of fireworks at his place of business in Erie County, Pennsylvania. Post-trial motions were denied, and Hollenbeck was sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred ($100) dollars and the costs of prosecution. On direct appeal from the judgment of sentence, Hollenbeck asserts that the trial court erred by holding that the term “shipment”, as used in the fireworks law, did not include the sale of fireworks to nonresidents of Pennsylvania who were permitted…