Anna Nicole Smith's partner, Howard K Stern, was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy for procuring prescription medications for Anna Nicole Smith using his own name.
A jury appointed by Los Angeles Superior Court comprising six men and six women on Thursday, October 28, convicted Stern for conspiring to prescribe prescription drugs using fraudulent means and conspiring to furnish prescription drugs to an addict.
The jury dismissed seven other charges against Stern.
Besides Stern, two doctors - Khristine Eroshevich, 62, a psychiatrist and Sandeep Kapoor, 42, who specializes in internal and geriatric medicine - were also charged with multiple felonies for allegedly conspiring to furnish prescription drugs to an addict.
The jury convicted Eroshevich of four charges, but cleared Sandeep Kapoor of all counts.
Following the verdict, Stern, 41, said in a statement:
"Everything related to the appropriateness of the medication, I was acquitted of."
Kapoor termed his acquittal on all six charges against him, "a victory for patients everywhere who suffer with chronic pain."
Stern and Eroshevich will be sentenced on January 6. They face three or more years of imprisonment.
Anna Nicole Smith died from a fatal drug overdose on February 8, 2007, aged 39.
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