United States v. Virgil R. Jobe, M. D.

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Jobe, a duly licensed and practicing medical doctor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, appeals from a conviction on a nineteen count indictment charging him with distributing and causing to be distributed controlled substances (narcotics) in violation of 21 U. S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1970). The charges arose out of nineteen separate prescriptions issued to a number of undercover police officers for drugs admitted to be “controlled substances” within the meaning of the statute. Dr. Jobe contends (1) that the statute under which he is charged is vague, indefinite, unclear,…