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PEOPLE v. DOWNES

Docket No. 55308, (Calendar No. 13).

394 Mich. 17 (1975)

228 N.W.2d 212

PEOPLE v. DOWNES

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 29, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Patricia J. Boyle, Principal Attorney, Research, Training and Appeals, and Ronald Weitzman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Samuel W. Barr, P.C., for defendant.

J.W. FITZGERALD, J.

Defendant, a physician in general practice, was charged with violation of § 7 of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act, 1937 PA 343 as amended,1 in prescribing certain narcotic drugs by written prescription for certain persons known to him to be narcotics users and addicts, otherwise than in "good faith and in the course of his professional practice". He was convicted by jury verdict. His conviction was affirmed by the...

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