Mixon v. State

Appellant, convicted below of attempting to obtain a controlled substance by fraud, contends that the State failed in its proof against him. The record reveals that Appellant presented a prescription for the controlled drug Tuinal to a Jacksonville pharmacist that the pharmacist noticed irregularities in the prescription, and that while the pharmacist was studying the prescription, Appellant made a phone call and left the drugstore before the prescription had been filled. The pharmacist testified that because Tuinal was a classified narcotic, it could only be dispensed if signed by a doctor…