Matthews v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare

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• holding that a conviction under 21 U.S.C. § 841 for dispensing controlled substances not as authorized requires a knowing or intentional mental state
• holding that to maintain criminal liability of a physician under the Controlled Substances Act, jury must find that a defendant subjectively believed they were wrongly prescribing medications
• government must prove that the defendant knew he was acting in an unauthorized manner or intended to do so
• to sustain a conviction under Section 841(a), the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt “that the defendant knew 25 that he or she was acting in an unauthorized manner, or intended to do so”

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