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UNITED STATES v. JONES

No. 77-1490.

570 F.2d 765 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Augustin JONES, M. D., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Clifford Schwartz, Shaw, Howlett & Schwartz, Clayton, Mo., for appellant.

Frederick R. Buckles, Asst. U. S. Atty., argued, and Barry A. Short (former U. S. Atty.), St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Augustin Jones, a physician practicing in St. Louis, Missouri, appeals a conviction for intentionally distributing Quaalude, a Schedule II controlled substance,1 in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1970).2 Dr. Jones was charged with two counts of prescribing Quaalude without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual course of professional practice: count I related to...

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