Oklahoman
A former Midwest City doctor accused of running a pill mill was convicted Friday of one count of second-degree murder in the death of a 21-year-old patient who suffered an overdose involving prescription opioid drugs.
The jurors, after deliberating more than 24 hours, acquitted Regan Ganoung Nichols, a 60-year-old osteopathic physician, of four other counts of second-degree murder in other patients overdose deaths.
Prosecutors told jurors Nichols showed a blatant disregard for life by prescribing hundreds of pills to each victim without a legitimate medical need.
Nichols faces at least 10 years in prison on the single count. Her sentencing will come at a later date.
Former Oklahoma doctor guilty of murder in opioid death
May 1, 2021
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A former Oklahoma doctor has been convicted of second-degree murder in the opioid overdose death of a patient, according to state Attorney General Mike Hunter.
Former Midwest City Dr. Regan Nichols was convicted Friday on one of five counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of five patients between 2010 and 2013.
Nichols was acquitted on the remaining four counts.
“The facts and the evidence in this case were clear – through her reckless overprescribing, Regan Nichols put her patients in danger, which led to tragic deaths,” Hunter said.
By: Jennifer Pierce
OKLAHOMA COUNTY -
A Midwest City doctor is on trial in Oklahoma County, she was accused of killing patients through a deadly mix of prescription drugs. The state attorney general charged Dr. Regan Nichols with five counts of second-degree murder.
The jury went into deliberations on Thursday after listening to three weeks of testimony. They also heard convincing closing arguments from both sides.
The state attorney general s case against Nichols goes back to 2015. Nichols was arrested and charged two years later with five counts of second-degree murder, although nine of her patients died under her care. She treated them from her Midwest City clinic.