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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOHN L. STANTON, M.D.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jun 5, 2024

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED and ON BRIEF: Ronald W. Chapman, II, CHAPMAN LAW GROUP, Troy, Michigan, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Allaya Lloyd, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Allaya Lloyd, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., Charles P. Wisdom, Jr., Andrew E. Smith, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Judge(s): SUTTON, Chief Judge; CLAY and BUSH, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at London

SUTTON, Chief Judge. Dr. John Stanton served as the medical director for a pain clinic in northern Tennessee. The federal government alleged that the clinic operated as a pill mill and charged Dr. Stanton with conspiring to violate federal drug laws. After a seven-day trial, a jury convicted him. On appeal, Dr. Stanton challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury’s verdict and several rulings by the trial court. We affirm.

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