Legal Opinion
State v. Buckhalter
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 4, 1985No. 17326-KAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
Defendant, Ethel Mae Buckhalter, was charged by bill of information with attempting to obtain a controlled dangerous substance by fraud in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:971 B(l)(b) and LSA-R.S. 40:979(A). Following a bench trial, the defendant was found guilty as charged and was later sentenced to two years at hard labor. The defendant now appeals asserting two assignments of error. We affirm.
FACTS
On February 18, 1983, defendant, Ethel Mae Buckhalter, entered Lakeshore Pharmacy in Monroe and presented two forged prescriptions. One of the prescriptions was for talwin 50 mg., a CDS, the other for…
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- State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- State v. BonannoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- State v. SquareSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
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