Commonwealth v. Perry

The Commonwealth and the defendant, a physician, stipulated that the defendant issued prescriptions for various drugs named in the indictments with which this case is concerned, that he did so without medical justification, and that in each instance the prescribed drugs were for the defendant’s own use. Following the stipulation, a judge of the Superior Court reported two questions concerning the sufficiency of the indictments charging the defendant with violations of the Controlled Substances Act, G. L. c. 94C. We transferred the case to this court onour own motion. We answer that (1) a…