United States v. Louis J. Badia, M.D.

Appellant, a physician, was convicted on three counts of knowingly and intentionally distributing controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), 1 and on five counts of willfully, knowingly and intentionally causing the distribution of controlled substances, in violation of § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2(b). 2 Appellant’s main argument on appeal is that a physician who is validly registered with the federal government to “dispense” controlled substances, as he was, could not have been found on the evidence at trial to have “distributed” such substances in violation of §…