Commonwealth v. Clark

Dissenting Opinion by

Hoffman, J.:

This is an appeal from appellant’s conviction for sixteen counts of corrupt solicitation1 and sixteen counts of bribery.2

The Commonwealth proved at trial that appellant had approached a police detective with an offer of $100 per week in return for the officer’s protection of appellant’s dealings in narcotics. The officer, following the instructions of his superiors, indicated to the appellant that the bribe would be accepted. On sixteen different occasions between August 31, 1967, and January 19, 1968, the officer met the appellant at a prearranged meeting…