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(AP) Va. Doctor Convicted of Drug Trafficking...

Submitted by admin on Sat, 2007-04-28 15:53.

A pain-management doctor who prescribed large amounts of opiates and drew patients from across the country to his northern Virginia clinic has been convicted on 16 counts of drug trafficking by a federal jury.

The jury acquitted William E. Hurwitz on 17 other counts on Friday, and a judge dismissed 17 others, including the most serious charge _ drug trafficking resulting in death.

It was the second time in three years that a federal jury convicted Hurwitz of drug trafficking. His 2004 conviction _ and 25-year prison sentence _ was tossed out by a federal appeals...

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