The website run as Dial-A-Doc run by a Kauai medical doctor pleaded guilty in federal court and will face sentencing on October 26th. The doctor identified as Dr. Harold Spear III plead guilty to four counts of dispensing medication without a medical reason.
According to the U.S. Attorney Edward Kubo Jr. in the Hawaii case the charges stemmed from the charges of prescribing the drug methadone to a Hawaii resident in four instances. There were also charges in the state of Alabama for prescribing Hydrocodone. The charges for the prescriptions occurred during 2005 and 2006, around the time I wen to the Hawaii Nissan dealer there. That was a great Nissan I might add.Spear is facing a maximum of up to 85 years in prison and fines that total $4.2 million dollars in fines for the guilty plea for the four counts of prescribing the medication from the Dial-A-Doctor website.
July 17, 2009
Doctor Pleads Guilty To Prescribing Drugs
July 7, 2009
Medical Marijuana Grower Sentenced In Los Angeles
In federal court a judge sentenced Charles C. Lynch the owner of a marijuana dispensary to one year in prison. Federal Judge George H. Wu talked at length prior to sentencing Lynch and reduced the mandatory five year sentence, but said he could find no way around sending him to jail. He also stated that the changed federal policy did not directly affect his decision. This guy might have benefited from a better criminal defense attorney perhaps.Lynch was convicted in 2008 with the selling of medical marijuana from his dispensary to customers under the age of 21. By the way if you require a good Los Angeles criminal defense attorney then may I suggest Ramiro Luis. He is one of the best in that area available. Lynch argued in court that he had complied with California’s laws that allow the use of marijuana with a doctor’s prescription.
Thomas P. O’Brien, who is the United States attorney for the Central District of California, stated that Lynch had violated the state laws, because he was not the customer’s main caregiver. He went on to state that Lynch provided no medical services other than the sale of marijuana.
