Update: Penn Nat Indicted Trainers
Apr 2, 2014 15:37:47 GMT -5
Post by cait on Apr 2, 2014 15:37:47 GMT -5
how long before peta scapes together enough $ to head to penn nat?
Throw out horse doping charges, accused Penn National trainer asks U.S. judge
By Matt Miller
Pennlive
(mentioned on Paulick report)
Saying the evidence just isn't there, a midstate horse trainer is asking a U.S. judge to dismiss criminal charges that he doped race horses at Penn National Race Course.
In a motion filed this week, Terrance McGowan, attorney for trainer Samuel Webb of Jonestown, contends that a federal indictment against his client should be tossed, because prosecutors don't have proof of the supposed wrongdoing.
Also, McGowan claims the U.S. Attorney's Office lacks jurisdiction to prosecute Webb, because the offenses with which his client is charged fall solely under the authority of the Pennsylvania Racing Commission, which oversees horse racing in the state.
Webb, two other trainers and a race course worker were charged in the doping case in November.
Webb, fellow trainers David Wells of Grantville and Patricia Rogers of Hummelstown and track employee Danny Robertson of Hershey all have pleaded not guilty to the charges lodged in U.S. Middle District Court.
Webb is the first defendant to take the offensive and ask the court to dismiss his indictment.
In the dismissal motion, McGowan claims prosecutors have not honored his repeated requests to provide a detailed chemical analysis of the substances Webb is accused of using to enhance the performance of his horses. He has not been given information regarding where investigators supposedly found those substances at the East Hanover Township track in Dauphin County, either, McGowan contends.
Also, McGowan argues that government investigators haven't provided specific evidence to back their claims that Webb committed an offense that involved manipulation of Penn National's pari-mutuel wagering system, as is alleged in the indictment.
Throw out horse doping charges, accused Penn National trainer asks U.S. judge
By Matt Miller
Pennlive
(mentioned on Paulick report)
Saying the evidence just isn't there, a midstate horse trainer is asking a U.S. judge to dismiss criminal charges that he doped race horses at Penn National Race Course.
In a motion filed this week, Terrance McGowan, attorney for trainer Samuel Webb of Jonestown, contends that a federal indictment against his client should be tossed, because prosecutors don't have proof of the supposed wrongdoing.
Also, McGowan claims the U.S. Attorney's Office lacks jurisdiction to prosecute Webb, because the offenses with which his client is charged fall solely under the authority of the Pennsylvania Racing Commission, which oversees horse racing in the state.
Webb, two other trainers and a race course worker were charged in the doping case in November.
Webb, fellow trainers David Wells of Grantville and Patricia Rogers of Hummelstown and track employee Danny Robertson of Hershey all have pleaded not guilty to the charges lodged in U.S. Middle District Court.
Webb is the first defendant to take the offensive and ask the court to dismiss his indictment.
In the dismissal motion, McGowan claims prosecutors have not honored his repeated requests to provide a detailed chemical analysis of the substances Webb is accused of using to enhance the performance of his horses. He has not been given information regarding where investigators supposedly found those substances at the East Hanover Township track in Dauphin County, either, McGowan contends.
Also, McGowan argues that government investigators haven't provided specific evidence to back their claims that Webb committed an offense that involved manipulation of Penn National's pari-mutuel wagering system, as is alleged in the indictment.