Legal Opinion
United States v. William Wesley Pruitt, A/K/A Buddy Pruitt, Kim Curtis Danner
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 21, 1985No. 84-7530PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
William Wesley Pruitt and Kim Curtis Danner appeal from their convictions for multiple violations of the federal drug laws. Because we find no merit in any of their claims, we affirm.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
A. The Facts
In the spring of 1981, William Wesley Pruitt developed a scheme for inducing doctors to write prescriptions for Dilaudid pills, which he then sold in a number of “shot houses” he controlled in Huntsville, Alabama. According to this scheme, Pruitt sent a team of three assistants to a doctor’s office: one serving as a driver, the second as “old man” and the…
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