County Public Defenders Office. Stern was hired June 3, , as a deputy public defender," said information officer Pamela Johnson. It was also reported that he was attending a training program for public defenders in downtown L. His colleagues said he was "motivated" and "well-liked. Gia Marcos is a professional content writer based in Manila, Philippines. Her contributions to TheThings reflect her special interest in celebrity biographies.
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View this post on Instagram. Share Share Tweet Email. Related Topics Celebrity. Gia Marcos Articles Published. If he truly was ignorant and relied on the doctors' medical judgment and he felt that it was fair, she did suffer from chronic pain, then he may have a defense. We have to see how the evidence plays out.
We talk about Anna Nicole Smith, but this really is a significant case legally and I think both sides will fight it very hard with a lot of medical experts. Please enter email address to continue. Please enter valid email address to continue. Chrome Safari Continue. Be the first to know. The judge described one juror as "dull" and predicted she would become a problem if allowed on the jury.
Judge Perry ruled at the end of a day preliminary hearing last fall that there was probable cause to try Stern and the two doctors for involvement in an alleged conspiracy to provide drugs to a known addict. Perry said "there was a widespread and ongoing effort" to obtain drugs for Smith, whom he characterized as a "strong-willed person" intent on getting drugs. A defense lawyer said the case could have a chilling effect on doctors who treat patients for pain, since the doctors could be held criminally liable if their prescriptions are deemed excessive.
Witnesses described Smith as weak and "zombie-like" much of the time in the months after September 11, , when her year-old son died in the Bahamas hospital room where she was recovering from the birth of her daughter. Sadow argued that Stern should not be charged because he did not know his companion was an addict or that it was illegal to obtain medication with a prescription written out to a false name. Prosecution witnesses outlined evidence that the doctors wrote many prescriptions using several names, including Stern's, for drugs intended for Smith.
Prosecutors argued that Stern used the false names to get double doses of dangerous drugs to feed the addiction of the former Playboy model and reality TV star. Kapoor's lawyer said prosecutors could make it difficult for California doctors to treat their patients for pain.
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