5th Circuit Upholds Conviction of Houston Doctor for Operating Pill Mill

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a Houston-area doctor’s five year sentence for his role in running a pill mill that dispensed approximately 1.6 million dosage units of oxycodone in a two-year-period. The court said there was substantial evidence that Dr. Richard Evans was running an illegitimate medical practice, and that none of the trial judge’s evidentiary rulings had affected his ability to get a fair trial. Evans began his 30-year career as a physician working with car accident, workers' compensation and cancer patients. In 2010, he decided to...