May 14, 2009

• Steven Topazio wrote this April 27, 2014 at 3:55 am

The defendant, a professional person, was accused of altering several written prescriptions for the prescription medication for Adderall that she was prescribed by her doctor. After being summonsed to court for arraignment on three (3) counts of uttering a false prescription, the client hired Attorney Topazio to defend her. Attorney Topazio contacted the prosecuting officer and presented his client’s version of facts in an attempt to negotiate a resolution of the case. He also provided the Commonwealth with a copy of his client’s medical records. When Attorney Topazio appeared in court for arraignment of his client, who had no criminal record, he convinced the District Attorney not to arraign his client and the case was continued for further arraignment. The reason for the continuance was to protect his client’s record since once an individual is arraigned, the charges will appear on that person’s CORI. The continuance further gave the District Attorney the opportunity to review his client’s medical records. Despite the allegations, his client had valid prescriptions for Adderall prescribed by her doctor. Today, Attorney Topazio convinced the District Attorney and the Court to dismiss two (2) charges of uttering a false prescription prior to arraignment and secured a disposition of pre-trial probation for his client on the last charge.