Joel De La Osa v. State

In a 90 page indictment filed in 2003, appellant Joel de la Osa, along with 17 other defendants, was charged with crimes arising from an elaborate scheme spearheaded by Michael Carlow to sell adulterated prescription drugs to wholesale distributors, thus ensuring the drugs’ placement on the retail market. The State’s theory of the case was that Michael Carlow organized a conspiracy in which he and others marketed illicitly obtained prescription drugs to legitimate prescription drug wholesalers, with the other named co-defendants forming his criminal enterprise. De la Osa illegally provided…