Gaston v. State

The appellant was indicted and convicted for unlawfully obtaining the drug demerol for his personal use. Acts 1971, No. 1047, p. 2378, § 401 now codified as § 20-2-70, Code of Alabama 1975. The trial judge fixed sentence at four years' imprisonment.

The appellant was apprehended in his attempt to have a forged prescription for demerol filled at Carter's Drug Store in Selma, Alabama. After being informed that the prescription was forged and given his constitutional rights the appellant stated that a Patty Larkin had requested him to get the prescription filled and that she must have written it.…