Alla V. Stepanets v. United States
DueProcess FifthAmendment Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether a defendant 'dispenses' drugs pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353(b)(1)(B) when they are shipped to a medical facility where a physician will write a prescription for a patient, rather than sent to a specific patient?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Whether a defendant “dispenses” drugs pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353(b)(1)(B) when they are shipped to a medical facility where a physician will write a prescription for a patient, rather than sent to a specific patient? 2) Whether a defendant who was not a supervisory employee and did not have “a responsible share in the furtherance of the transaction which the statute outlaws,” United States v. Park, 421 U.S. 658, 669 (1975) can nonetheless be convicted of strict liability misdemeanors based on being part of the but-for chain of causation without being a proximate cause? i