Leonard v. State

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for unlawfully prescribing a narcotic drug; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The State’s evidence shows that on the evening of April 8, 1960, Narcotics Officer M. B. Hightower observed the appellant, Dr. Robert Bruce Leonard, and his wife, Mrs. Fredleen Power Leonard, leave their residence in the City of Houston and drive to Mading’s Drug Store, No. 14, at 6602 Main Street. When they arrived, appellant remained in the automobile and his wife went into the drug store where she presented a prescription to the pharmacist to be filled. The prescription…