MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - A Montana judge has refused to drop charges of negligent homicide against a physician accused of prescribing narcotics without checking patients’ medical history.
The Missoulian reports (https://bit.ly/2on5XuI) the judge on Wednesday rejected defense arguments that prosecutors failed to show probable cause to believe Chris Christensen’s decision to prescribe methadone caused the death of two patients.
The 69-year-old doctor also faces 389 counts of criminal distribution of dangerous drugs and nine counts of criminal endangerment. The judge rejected a defense motion to drop those counts as well.
Christensen was arrested in August 2015 after a year-long investigation that included a raid on his clinic in Florence.
His trial is scheduled for October.
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Information from: Missoulian, https://www.missoulian.com
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