Legal Opinion
Opdyk v. California Horse Racing Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 26, 1995No. C018216PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORRISON, J.
The California Horse Racing Board (Board) upheld the exclusion of a gambler from all racetracks in California, although his misdemeanor bookmaking conviction was by plea of nolo contendere and was expunged after a period of probation. The superior court denied the gambler relief on other grounds, but we conclude the Board acted properly in excluding him as a convicted bookmaker.
In June 1988, William Opdyk, a self-styled “professional gambler,” pleaded nolo contendere to one count of bookmaking, charged as a felony but reduced to a misdemeanor (Pen. Code, § 337a, subd. (1)).…
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