Prosecutors Appeal Dismissal In Anna Nicole Case

Anna Nicole Smith’s old boyfriend and psychiatrist might not be off the hook. Prosecutors have filed an appeal trying to reinstate three convictions against Howard K. Stern and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich. The two conspiracy counts against Eroshevich and Stern involved using fake names to get prescription pain medications for Smith in the final months of her life. Eroshevich also was convicted of one count of getting Vicodin under a false name. The judge found that the two men were trying to protect Smith’s name as a celebrity. He dismissed the conspiracy counts and reduced the one conviction against Eroshevich to a misdemeanor. Prosecutors claim the judge was biased against them and created a celebrity exception to the law.