Wood v. State

Smith, Judge.

Margaret Wood was convicted for violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. We reverse.

The testimony adduced at trial showed that appellant was employed as a registered nurse at a Clarke County hospital. Part of her duties included dispensing controlled drugs between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. to patients located on the hospital’s fifth floor. On April 23,1979 several syringes located on the fifth floor and containing the narcotic pethidine (commonly known as Demerol) were discovered to have been tampered with. A diagnostic report showed that the pethidine in the…