by Associated Press Published: May 21,2013
Tags: attempted murder, attorney, bench, court, crime, divorce, doctor, judge, law, lawyer, legal, mental examination, mental health, murder-for-hire, oncologist, physician
GREENWOOD — A trial in the murder-for-hire case against a Greenwood oncologist has been postponed indefinitely. Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn issued the order this past week because the court is waiting on Dr. Arnold Smith’s evaluation at a state mental facility. The case was to have gone to trial yesterday in Leflore County Circuit Court. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 4,2013
Tags: attempted murder, attorney, county, court, divorce, health care, judge, justice, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, physician, sting
GREENWOOD — A judge has dismissed a charge of capital murder against Greenwood Dr. Arnold Smith, who is charged in arranging an attack on a local attorney. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn decided that prosecutors’ indictment of Smith does not support a capital murder charge. Hilburn ruled prosecutors can pursue the lesser [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 5,2013
Tags: appeal, attorney, bench, court, divorce, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, oncologist, oncology, physician
GREENWOOD — The Mississippi Supreme Court denied petitions filed by Dr. Arnold Smith’s defense team to remove Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn from the criminal case set to go to trial in April. The Supreme Court issued an order this past week. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder as the alleged instigator of a plot [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 22,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, contract killing, court, decision, divorce, doctor, exam, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, mental health, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, ruling
GREENWOOD — A mental examination has been ordered for a Greenwood oncologist charged with capital murder. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Judge Breland Hilburn this past week granted a prosecution request to send Dr. Arnold Smith to the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder as the alleged instigator of a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 18,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, case, court, crime, criminal, divorce, doctor, health, health care, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, trial
GREENWOOD — A federal court hearing for a Greenwood oncologist charged with capital murder has been rescheduled for Jan. 25 for U.S. District Court in Aberdeen. Dr. Arnold Smith was scheduled to be in court yesterday to argue prosecutors had no evidence to support bringing charges against him. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 7,2013
Tags: attempted murder, bench, Cancer, court, crime, divorce, doctor, health, health care, judge, justice, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology
GREENWOOD — The lawyer for an oncologist charged with capital murder says Dr. Arnold Smith is severely mentally ill and unable to adequately defend himself against charges in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn took under advisement a motion from the defense to send Smith to a mental health [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 10,2012
Tags: Cancer, clinic, court, crime, criminal, health, health care, oncologist, oncology, sentence
SUMMIT — A federal judge has sentenced a doctor to 20 years in prison and ordered her to repay nearly $8.2 million for fraud at a former Mississippi cancer center she ran. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III said he was “appalled” at how Dr. Meera Sachdeva treated patients at a vulnerable time of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
Tags: appeal, attempted murder, attorney, bench, court, decision, divorce, doctor, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, physician, ruling, shootout
GREENWOOD — Oncologist Arnold Smith contends Attorney General Jim Hood had no authority to run a police operation that resulted in a shootout at a local law office. Smith argues in new federal court documents that police investigations are executive branch of government matters. He claims the attorney general is a member of the judicial [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 28,2012
Tags: attorney, bench, Cancer, court, divorce, doctor, health care, husband, indictment, judge, justice, law, lawyer, medical, medicine, murder, oncologist, oncology, physician, wife
GREENWOOD — A Greenwood oncologist and two other men have been indicted in a murder-for-hire plot that prosecutors say unsuccessfully targeted a local attorney. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Dr. Arnold Smith, Derrick Lacy and Cordarious Robinson were served with indictments this week. A Leflore County grand jury issued the indictments in August, but the documents [...] [...]