Legal Opinion · Dissent
State v. Bell
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 9, 1973No. 1233-1Published
1DissentWilliams, J.
(dissenting) — I dissent.
The facts essential to be stated are these: Bell is an osteopathic physician with offices in Seattle. Two men, who were police officers, came to his office and asked for some amphetamine tablets by a trade name. Bell asked if they were patients, and they replied that they were. Without further inquiry, Bell then sold each of them 30 tablets of the dangerous drug which they had requested.
*677The pertinent portion of Laws of 1955, ch. 24, § 1, p. 164 (now RCW 69.50.308),1 the statute under which Bell was charged, is as follows:
It shall be unlawful for a person, firm, or…
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- State v. GoebelWashington Supreme Court · 1952
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