Williams v. State

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary

Nicholas Williams was arrested and charged with possessing the controlled substances methadone and alprazolam. The existence of a valid prescription is a defense to the crime of possession of a controlled substance. Because Williams initially could not remember the names of the doctors who had allegedly prescribed those substances or the pharmacies at which the prescriptions were allegedly filled, his counsel served a subpoena on the Indiana Board of Pharmacy (“the Board”), which maintains a computerized database used to monitor the prescription of controlled…