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3rd trial date set for PSL ‘pill mill’ doctor

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 by Daphne Duret

FORT PIERCE — A former Port St. Lucie doctor will stand trial for the third time in March on charges she ran a “pill mill” from her office that ended with six of her former patients overdosing on oxycodone and other potent painkillers.

An appeals court in May overturned Asuncion Luyao’s 2006 convictions for manslaughter, drug trafficking and racketeering, ruling jurors were tainted by irrelevant testimony about the doctor’s gambling habit.

Judge Larry Schack set the new trial date for March 23.

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