Commonwealth v. Hainsey

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• rejecting argument that enforcement of 18 Pa. Con. Stat. Ann. § 5514, prohibiting pool selling and bookmaking, is unjust because the Commonwealth promotes the state lottery and condones wagering at race tracks; § 5514 was \enacted as a legitimate exercise of legislative authority.\
• rejecting argument that enforcement of 18 Pa. Con. Stat. Ann. § 5514, prohibiting pool selling and bookmaking, is unjust because the Commonwealth promotes the state lottery and condones wagering at race tracks; § 5514 was “enacted as a legitimate exercise of legislative authority.”
• sentences disparate in same county arising out of same transaction or occurrence

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