· 5/8/1980
United States v. Richard Seelig, Terry Hawkins, and Donald Primmer
Citations
- 622 F.2d 207
- 6 Fed. R. Serv. 141
- 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 17744
How courts have described this case
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- “[A] conviction under § 841(a)(1) requires the government to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the drugs were distributed outside the usual course of professional practice.”
- admission of charts erroneous because government failed to produce underlying records
- “The defendant was entitled to have the jury instructed that registered doctors are exempt from the provisions of the drug abuse statute when they dispense or prescribe controlled substances in good faith to patients in the regular course of professional practice.”
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Judges: Kennedy, Jones, Phillips
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