Finney v. State

James R. Cooper, Judge.

Appellant was charged in Clark County Circuit Court with violating Ark. Stat. Ann. § 82-2619 (a) (2) (Supp. 1979), by obtaining a controlled substance by forgery from a pharmacy in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The jury found her guilty and she was sentenced to six years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

Appellant presented herself at a physician’s office in Gordon, Arkansas, complaining of various symptoms which resulted in the physician prescribing a scheduled II drug for her. The evidence indicated that she obtained several blank prescription forms from the…