Opinion ID: 1726119
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: delivery under the act

Text: Counts 1 and 2 charged defendant did unlawfully deliver a controlled substance. For Count 1, the proofs were that defendant wrote prescriptions for Officer Kukalis and for three fictitious people, with the defendant supplying a fictitious address for the last one. For Count 2, the proofs were that defendant handed or dispensed to Officer Kukalis a box of pills. Therefore two questions relating to delivery exist: A. Is prescribing delivery? B. Is handing/dispensing delivery? A. Prescribing MCL 335.304(1); MSA 18.1070(4)(1), as noted above, reads in part: `Deliver'    means the actual, constructive or attempted transfer    of a controlled substance. MCL 335.304(2); MSA 18.1070(4)(2), as noted above, reads in part: `Dispense' means to deliver    by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing   . As a consequence, prescribing is included in the definition of deliver. B. Handing/Dispensing The two statutory definitions examined in A. Prescribing also demonstrate that handing or dispensing pills is included within the definition of deliver.