Manners v. State, Bd. of Veterinary Medicine

HUNTLEY, Justice.

Appellant Dr. Charles Manners, a veterinarian, was charged with the felony crime of delivery of a controlled substance (a small amount of marijuana) in early 1980, and entered a guilty plea before the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District. The trial court adjudged Dr. Manners guilty, fined him $2,400 and sentenced him to a period of imprisonment not to exceed five years. The sentence of imprisonment was suspended and Manners was placed on probation for twelve months.

At the end of the probation period the trial court permitted Dr. Manners to withdraw his guilty plea…