Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Seelig, Terry Hawkins, and Donald Primmer
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 8, 1980No. 79-5232 to 79-5234PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Appellants are three pharmacists who appeal their misdemeanor convictions for distributing codeine-based cough medicines and felony convictions for distributing Dextropropoxyphene (brand name Darvon) and Diazepam (brand name Valium) in violation of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Appellants claim the indictments fail to state a crime with respect to the misdemeanor counts and fail to allege facts which would constitute a crime with respect to the felony counts and that the court should have granted their motion for acquittal as there…
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