Early v. Commonwealth
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of five counts of trafficking in prescription blanks and being a first-degree persistent felony offender for securing and selling five forged prescriptions for a controlled substance. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions, holding that the trial court (1) did not err in denying Appellant’s motion for a directed verdict, as the evidence was sufficient to support the convictions; and (2) did not violate the bar on double jeopardy, as the separate trafficking convictions for each forged prescription did not violate Defendant’s double jeopardy rights.
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