Haney v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of unlawfully dispensing phen-metrazine by a practitioner. Punishment was assessed by the court following a guilty verdict at ten (10) years, probated.

The appellant, a licensed physician, was charged in five indictments with unlawfully dispensing phenmetrazine to Thomas Garner, shown to be an undercover agent, on various dates. The five indictments were consolidated upon appellant’s motion and were jointly tried. The appellant was acquitted in four of the cases.

In the appeal from the conviction obtained…