Legal Opinion

People v. Privitera

California Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1979No. Crim. 20340PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

CLARK, J.

Under California Health and Safety Code section 1707.1, it is a misdemeanor to sell, deliver, prescribe or administer any drug or device to be used in the diagnosis, treatment, alleviation or cure of cancer which has not been approved by the designated federal agency (21 U.S.C. § 355) or by the state board (Health & Saf. Code, § 1704).1

*701Defendants James Robert Privitera, Jr., a medical doctor, William David Turner, Phyllis Blanche Disney, Winifred Agnes Davis, and Carroll Ruth Leslie were convicted by jury of the felony of conspiracy to sell and to prescribe an unapproved…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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  3. Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by64 opinions

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