People v. Moon

Opinion by JUDGE LICHTENSTEIN

¶ 1 Defendant, Felicia Michelle Moon, appeals the judgment of conviction entered after a jury found her guilty of criminal attempt to obtain a controlled substance by fraud or deceit. In this case, we are asked to determine an issue of first impression in Colorado, that is, whether a physician's prescription order, prior to its alleged alteration, falls within section 18-18-415(1)(b), C.R.S.2014, the statutory exception to privileged communications. We conclude that it does.

I. Background

¶ 2 A doctor wrote Moon a prescription order for six Vicodin pills. Moon later…