Criminal
Sep. 26, 2018
Panel hears plea to overturn doctor’s murder conviction
An attorney for the only physician known to have been convicted of murder in the U.S. for prescribing opiates asked a state appellate court Tuesday to remand the case for retrial.
LOS ANGELES -- An attorney for the only physician known to have been convicted of murder in the U.S. for prescribing opiates asked a state appellate court Tuesday to remand the case for retrial. The uniqueness of the second-degree murder conviction in connection with prescription drug overdoses was a point the appellant's attorney used to push for a new trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter.
The panel for the 2nd District Cour...
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