Legal Opinion
United States v. Shontay Dessart
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 2016No. 14-2686PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
From his home in tiny Reedsville, Wisconsin, Shontay Dessart manufactured and sold products containing the active chemical ingredients in numerous prescription drugs, offering them for sale online with the disclaimer “for research only” to evade the oversight of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He was convicted of violating the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 331, with the intent to defraud or mislead the agency, which converted his violations from strict-liability misdemeanors into specific-intent felonies, id. § 333(a)(2). On appeal Dessart contends that…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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