Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Jurors in the drug trial of Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend-lawyer Howard K. Stern and two doctors begin deliberations Tuesday morning.
The case raised questions about ethical boundaries in a doctor-patient relationship, the prescribing of painkillers and anti-anxiety medicines and the use of fake names when treating celebrities.
The prosecution alleged that Stern and Drs. Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich conspired to feed the reality TV star and Playboy model's drug addiction and using false names to obtain the drugs over the last three years of her life.
They are not charged in Smith's February 2007 death in a Florida hotel, which a medical examiner ruled was an accidental overdose of a sleep aid combined with a viral flu.
While the prosecution presented nearly two months of testimony, the defense called only one witness -- an expert who concluded that Smith suffered from chronic pain, depression and anxiety, not drug addiction.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert Perry suggested during the trial that prosecutors fell short of proving Smith was a drug addict as defined by California law.
The defense argued her drug dependency was legal since it was for legitimate medical purposes, including for treatment of her pain and anxiety.
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