COMMONWEALTH v. WOOD


17 Mass. App. Ct. 304 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 1131

COMMONWEALTH vs. NORMAN S. WOOD.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray P. Reiser for the defendant.

Natalea Skvir, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HALE, C.J., GRANT, & ARMSTRONG, JJ.


HALE, C.J.

The defendant, a practicing dentist, appeals from convictions on two counts of an indictment charging that he issued prescriptions for controlled substances: percodan in the first count and demerol in the second, the prescription "not being issued for a legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of his professional practice." See G.L.c. 94C, § 19(a), inserted by St. 1971, c. 1071, § 1.

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