Commonwealth v. West

SPAETH, Judge:

The dispositive issue on this appeal is whether the lower court abused its discretion in refusing to permit appellant to withdraw his plea of nolo contendere.

Appellant, a medical doctor practicing in Clinton County, was indicted on 54 counts charging him with unlawfully dispensing prescriptions for controlled drugs. On November 12, 1975, appellant pleaded nolo contendere to four counts charging violation of § 13(a)(14) of The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act. 1 The substance of those counts related to appellant’s dispensing of prescriptions for controlled…