PEOPLE v. PRIVITERA

Docket No. Crim. 20340.

23 Cal.3d 697 (1979)

591 P.2d 919

153 Cal. Rptr. 431

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES ROBERT PRIVITERA, JR., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

March 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Patrick J. Hennessey, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Appellate Defenders, Inc., under appointment by the Court of Appeal, S.J. Sinton, Paul Bell, Jerry W. Kane, Daniel F. Bamberg, Bamberg, Flanigan & Flanigan and Stephen Tornay for Defendants and Appellants.

David H. Gill II, Salciccia, Killen & Gill, Greg D. Genochio, Steven J. Rosenberg, Trecker & Rosenberg, Arthur M. Sohcot, Mark I. Soler, Treuhaft & Walker, V. James Jackl, Belzer, Jackl & Lane, Scott Noble, George W. Cody and Terrance W. Flanigan as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, A. Wells Petersen, Harley D. Mayfield, Bernard A. Delaney, Jr., and Robert M. Foster, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, Howard Hassard, Joseph S. Rogers, David E. Willett, Rick C. Zimmerman, Gary A. Gavello, Grace Powers Monaco, Wheatley & Miller, John K. Van de Kamp, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Harry B. Sondheim, Barry R. Levy, Deputy District Attorneys, John H. Shenefield, Assistant Attorney General (United States), Barry Grossman, Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Peter L. De La Cruz, Bruce E. Fein, Richard M. Cooper, Eugene M. Pfeifer and Arnold I. Friede as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CLARK, J.

Under California Health and Safety Code section 1707.1, it is a misdemeanor to sell, deliver, prescribe or administer any drug or device to be used in the diagnosis, treatment, alleviation or cure of cancer which has not been approved by the designated federal agency (21 U.S.C. § 355) or by the state board (Health & Saf. Code, § 1704).1

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