United States v. Jose P. Floresca

Reversed and remanded by published opinion.. Judge HALL wrote the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Judge ERVIN, and Judges WIDENER, MURNAGHAN, HAMILTON and MICHAEL concurred. Judge WIDENER wrote a separate concurring opinion. Judge RUSSELL wrote a dissenting opinion in which Judges WILKINSON, WILKINS, NIEMEYER and WILLIAMS joined.

OPINION

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Following a jury trial, Jose Floresca was convicted of several offenses arising from his professional conduct as a physician. Flores-ea wrote false prescriptions for controlled substances, gave the prescriptions to others to have…