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UNITED STATES v. PLESONS

No. 77-1132.

560 F.2d 890 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John D. PLESONS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Hetterman, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant; Robert J. O'Hanlon and Lawrence J. Lee, St. Louis, Mo., on brief.

Richard E. Coughlin, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), and Barry A. Short, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on brief for appellee.

Before LAY and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, Judge.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, a St. Louis physician, was convicted by a jury on eighteen counts of violating 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and one count of violating 21 U.S.C. § 846. Specifically, these convictions relate to the unlawful distribution, and a conspiracy to distribute, Dilaudid, Preludin, and Desoxyn, three Schedule II drugs. In general the scheme involved Dr. Plesons in writing narcotic prescriptions for nonmedical purposes for his coconspirators...

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