Tyree v. State

Attempting to obtain possession of a controlled substance (Talwin) by use of a forged prescription; sentence: twenty-five years' imprisonment and $25,000 fine.

Appellant was convicted under § 20-2-70 (a), Code of Alabama 1975, for the December 5, 1981, attempt to possess Talwin by use of a forged prescription. He had previously been convicted of violating the above statute and, thus, was sentenced under §20-2-76, Code of Alabama 1975.

On December 3, 1981, Dr. E.C. Brock examined appellant at his office in Tuscaloosa and prescribed for him twelve fifty-milligram tablets of Talwin to relieve the…