The woman is Anna Nicole Smith, a one-time Playboy model who died in 2007 of a drug overdose. Those on trial are her former lawyer-boyfriend and two doctors, all charged with conspiring to give her excessive prescription drugs while knowing she was an addict.
The trial's approaching outcome is sure to reverberate among doctors and pain management patients whose need for drugs is at the heart of California laws under which the defendants are charged.
Superior Court Judge Robert Perry has harshly criticized the prosecution for "overreaching" and indicated he will bar some charges from going to the jury.
Smith verdicts will resonate for doctors, patients (AP)
The trial's approaching outcome is sure to reverberate among doctors and pain management patients whose need for drugs is at the heart of California laws under which the defendants are charged.
Superior Court Judge Robert Perry has harshly criticized the prosecution for "overreaching" and indicated he will bar some charges from going to the jury.
Smith verdicts will resonate for doctors, patients (AP)
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