Anna Nicole Smith's doctor acquitted

Los Angeles - A jury has acquitted Anna Nicole Smith's doctor of all counts in the late model's prescription drug conspiracy case.

Dr Sandeep Kapoor is the first of three defendants to hear the jury's verdicts on Thursday in Los Angeles. The jury found the prosecution did not present enough evidence to convict Kapoor of six charges that he funneled excessive prescription drugs to Smith.

Verdicts will be announced shortly for Smith's boyfriend Howard K Stern and her psychiatrist, Dr Khristine Eroshevich.

The defendants were charged with conspiracy, excessive prescribing of opiates and sedatives to an addict, and fraudulently obtaining drugs by using false names.

The jury was asked to decide if the defendants were trying to relieve Smith's emotional and physical pain or feeding her drug addiction.