PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT (DOUGLASS)

Docket No. L.A. 31079.

24 Cal.3d 428 (1979)

595 P.2d 139

155 Cal. Rptr. 704

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; JAMES DEWITT DOUGLASS, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

May 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cecil Hicks, District Attorney, Michael R. Capizzi, Assistant District Attorney, John D. Conley, Oretta D. Sears and Eric W. Snethen, Deputy District Attorneys, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

James A. Stotler for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

MANUEL, J.

In this mandate proceeding we must decide whether a violation of Business and Professions Code section 2399.5, which states that it is unprofessional conduct to prescribe, dispense or furnish dangerous drugs without a good faith prior examination and medical indication therefor, constitutes a misdemeanor under section 2426 of that code.1 We...

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