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- A nurse in Texas is standing trial for reporting a doctor she thought was practicing bad medicine. Prosecutors have charged 52-year-old Anne Mitchell with making inflammatory statements about a doctor at a rural hospital in Kermit, Texas. She faces up to 10 years in prison. Mitchell says she was just trying to protect her patients.
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Feb 8, 2010 · Feb. 11, 2010 -- A Texas jury has found veteran nurse Anne Mitchell not guilty of harassment after she wrote a confidential letter to the Texas Medical Board complaining about a doctor she believed practiced shoddy medicine. Her lawyer, John H. Cook IV, announced the verdict today on the fourth day of the trial in Andrew, Texas.
After witnessing what they believed to be unsafe medical care, nurses Anne Mitchell and Vicki Galle submitted an anonymous complaint against Dr. Rolando Arafiles to the Texas Medical Board (TMB).
Feb 8, 2010 · Prosecutors have charged 52-year-old Anne Mitchell with making inflammatory statements about a doctor at a rural hospital in Kermit, Texas. She faces up to 10 years in prison.
Feb 12, 2010 · But after a four-day trial in Andrews, Tex., a state court jury quickly found that the nurse, Anne Mitchell, was not guilty of the third-degree felony charge of “misuse of official...
Feb 11, 2010 · Mitchell faced a third-degree felony charge in Texas of "misuse of official information," for reporting a physician to the Texas Medical Board for what she believed was unsafe patient care.
- Dan Bowman
Feb 12, 2010 · Had she been convicted, Mitchell could have faced up to 10 years in prison. However, after a four-day trial, a state jury in Andrews, TX, needed less than one hour to acquit Mitchell.
Feb 6, 2010 · But in what may be an unprecedented prosecution, Mrs. Mitchell is scheduled to stand trial in state court on Monday for “misuse of official information,” a third-degree felony in Texas.
