Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit September 17, 1985, No. 84-1995 (Scott v. Schmidt)

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

On January 8,1980 an attempt was made to fix the tenth harness race at Fairmount Park, Illinois. Appellant Scott, driving Flying Scooter, finished sixth. On April 9, 1980, a Madison County, Illinois grand jury indicted Scott for accepting a bribe to finish fourth or worse in the race, a Trifecta race,1 and for failure to report a bribe.