Legal Opinion
State v. Thrift
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 1, 1971No. 670-1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJames, J.
Leroy Thrift was convicted of violating the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. The information alleges that he “willfully, unlawfully and feloniously did . . . utter a false . . . prescription for a narcotic drug, to-wit: Numorphan.” The criminal act charged is defined by RCW 69.33.380(5):
No person shall make or utter any false or forged prescription or false or forged written order.
It is not disputed that Thrift presented a forged prescription for numorphan, a narcotic drug, to a pharmacist and asked that it be filled. When the pharmacist became suspicious, she called the doctor upon whose…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- State v. MartinWashington Supreme Court · 1968
- State v. MorrisWashington Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. TurnerWashington Supreme Court · 1970
- State v. DingesWashington Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. MessingerCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1973
- State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1977
- State v. EcklundCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1981
- State v. BreckenridgeCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1971
- State v. GregorCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1974
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