State v. Young

McHUGH, Justice:

The primary issue in this appeal is one of first impression in this jurisdiction, specifically, under what circumstances a registered “practitioner,” such as a physician or a dentist, may be held criminally responsible, under West Virginia’s Uniform Controlled Substances Act, for the felonious constructive delivery of a controlled substance by the issuance of purported prescriptions for the controlled substance. For the reasons stated in this opinion we conclude that the convictions in this case under the multicount indictment are affirmed in part and reversed in part, and the…