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SMITH v. STATE HORSE RACING COM'N

517 Pa. 233 (1988)

535 A.2d 596

R.A. SMITH, Appellee, v. PENNSYLVANIA STATE HORSE RACING COMMISSION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John William Schreck, John B. Hannum, Jr., West Chester, Stephen R. Pelcher, York, Christopher A. Lewis, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Bruce Cooper, Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Review was granted in this matter to consider the questions (1) whether the defense of entrapment is available in administrative, to wit license revocation proceedings, and, if so, (2) whether the defense is available to the appellee in this case. Appellee, R.A. Smith, is a jockey whose license was suspended by appellant, the State Horse Racing Commission, on charges that he conspired to fix the outcome of a horse...

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