Pill Mill Doctor's Murder Convictions Affirmed on Appeal

A California appellate court upheld three convictions for second-degree murder of an Orange County physician who prescribed opioids to cash-paying patients after performing cursory medical examinations or none at all. Hsiu Ying Lisa Tseng appealed the convictions, arguing that they were not supported by the evidence; that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of six other patients who had died of overdose while under her care; that the court approved a search warrant of her bank records without probable cause; that prosecutors had committed misconduct by mentioning at tri...