Thomason v. State

OPINION

PARKS, Judge:

Errol Melvin Thomason, appellant, was tried by jury and convicted of Attempting to Obtain a Controlled Dangerous Substance by Altered Prescription (63 O.S. 1981, § 2-407), After Former Conviction of a Felony, in Case No. CRF-86-64, in the District Court of Mayes County, the Honorable William J. Whistler, District Judge, presiding. The jury set punishment at imprisonment for twenty (20) years. Judgment and sentence was imposed in accordance with the jury’s verdict. We affirm.

On March 11, 1986, appellant saw a physician for lower back pain and received three prescriptions,…