State v. Gilmore

Ennis, J. †

Nor val Houston Gilmore, an osteopathic physician, was convicted by a jury of 12 counts of obtaining a narcotic drug by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge in violation of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. (RCW 69.33) From entry of the judgment and sentence he has appealed.

The facts, as established from the trial record, are that during the period from August, 1966 to January, 1967, several pharmacists received prescriptions for narcotic drugs which were prepared and presented by appellant. Two of the pharmacists who filled several prescriptions testified that although…