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Doc Tells 1st Circ. Acquitted Conduct Marred Drug Sentence

A Massachusetts psychiatrist convicted over an alleged scheme to import and dispense nonapproved forms of addiction medication on Thursday told the First Circuit the trial judge wrongly ran afoul of limitations on the consideration of acquitted conduct in federal sentencings when handing him a three-year prison term. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

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4th Circ. Orders New Trial After Doc Acquitted In Fraud Case

A Fourth Circuit panel ordered a new trial for a doctor who received a judge’s acquittal after a jury found him guilty of alleged healthcare fraud, finding that the jury had sufficient evidence to convict, but the case was “close,” and the district court was correct in hedging and allowing another shot at the case. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

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