GRIFFIN, J.
Brian Robert Stannard ["Stannard"] appeals his convictions for trafficking in more than fourteen grams of oxycodone and obtaining a prescription by fraud. Because we agree with Stannard that it was error for the trial court to refuse to charge the jury on the defense of duress, we reverse the conviction and remand for a new trial.
Stannard had been taking oxycodone for knee pain, but the prescription ran out and Stannard had no job. He obtained...
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