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Jury Begins Deliberations In Anna Nicole Smith Drug Trial

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Oct. 12 2010, Published 10:00 a.m. ET

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he jury has now begun deliberating in the Anna Nicole Smith drug trial, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.

The fate of the three defendants went to the six-man, six-woman panel at 9:00 a.m. local time in Los Angeles, California.

Smith's one-time attorney Howard K. Stern, psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich and medical internist Sandeep Kapoor are accused of conspiring to prescribe, administer and give substances to an addict. They are not charged in connection with her death.

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The former Playboy playmate and reality TV star died from an accidental prescription overdose in Florida on February 8, 2007.  She was 39. The prosecution finished presenting its case last week, while the defense raised eyebrows by not putting on a single witness.

During closing arguments last week, Stern's attorney Steve Sadow told the jury there was an ``abundance of reasonable doubt'' in the prosecution's case against Stern and the two doctors.

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But Deputy District Attorney Renee Rose said the evidence presented during the  trial showed ``that these defendants knew what they were

doing was wrong'' and that "they knew their conduct was unlawful.''

Rose questioned why Kapoor kept a second set of medical records for Smith. The records found in his closet were different  from records in his medical office that were turned over to his attorney.

"Did Dr. Kapoor create another set of records to cover up his guilt?'' Rose asked, adding that