Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Prosecutors Claim Judge Was Biased In Anna Nicole Smith Drugs Case - Video


Prosecutors who say a judge was biased against them have filed an appeal trying to reinstate three convictions against Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend and her psychiatrist.

A jury had acquitted them on most of 11 charges involving drug prescriptions given to the former Playboy model in the months before she died of an accidental drug overdose in February 2007.

Two guilty verdicts against Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Howard K. Stern on conspiracy counts involved the use of false names to obtain prescription pain medications for the Smith.

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Perry suggested authorities had chosen the wrong case to prove their point and indicated they did not understand the legislative intent of the law involving prescription drugs.Perry also found that Eroshevich was acting out of concern for Smith and cited her long medical career and service to the community in deciding to sentence her to no more than one year of probation and a $100 fine for obtaining one Vicodin prescription under a false name.The blond beauty's also made headlines in a continuing court fight with the estate of her oil tycoon husband.

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