Doctor's trial for overprescribing drugs is again delayed
February 19, 2020
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — The trial of a southwest Arkansas doctor on charges of overprescribing opiates and other drugs is again being delayed.
Federal court records first reported by the Texarkana Gazette show the scheduled April 13 trial of 55-year-old Dr. Lonnie Joseph Parker has been rescheduled to start Aug. 17.
Defense attorney John Wesley Hall requested the delay, writing that "defense counsel has surgery scheduled for April 8," five days before the scheduled trial's start, with a recovery period of up to four weeks.
Parker has pleaded not guilty to nine counts of of prescribing opiates a...
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