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Bay Area Doctor Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison After Patient Overdoses

Friday, May 26, 2017 | 1

A Bay Area doctor has been sentenced to four years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and running a pill mill out of her Los Gatos pain management clinic, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday. Jasna Mrdjen's involuntary manslaughter charge stemmed from the overdose death of 29-year-old Steven English, who died two weeks after Mrdjen prescribed him a powerful cocktail of drugs and shortly after returning from rehab.  Mrdjen, 74, of Mountain View, pleaded no contest in September to nine counts of prescribing a controlled substance withou...

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