From the felony convictions to the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners revoking her medical license, KELOLAND News has followed the path of Annette Bosworth for months. On Monday, she went to court looking to override the board's decision.
The judge is being asked to decide whether Bosworth's felony conviction for election fraud is serious enough to warrant taking away her medical license in South Dakota.
Craig Kennedy, the attorney representing the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners, says Bosworth's convictions for filing false election petitions and lying under oath are crimes of dishonesty, which show that even for patients, she can't be trusted.
Bosworth's lawyer, Paul Richardson, argues that the medical board didn't look at all of the circumstances in the case before it decided to revoke her medical license. Richardson also argued that the administrative law judge making a recommendation to remove her license should have considered the testimony on Bosworth's behalf before making that recommendation to the board.
Judge Doug Hoffman ruled that he would consider the entire transcript from Bosworth's 2015 felony trial, not just the sentencing phase, when deciding whether the medical board's action to revoke her medical license should be upheld or denied.
"It's going to help the Judge understand the true nature of what the allegations stem from, the true facts that are involved in this allegations and I feel they can only help Doctor Bosworth," Richardson said.
For now, the fate of Bosworth's medical license remains in the hands of Judge Hoffman.
The judge is being asked to decide whether Bosworth's felony conviction for election fraud is serious enough to warrant taking away her medical license in South Dakota.
Craig Kennedy, the attorney representing the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners, says Bosworth's convictions for filing false election petitions and lying under oath are crimes of dishonesty, which show that even for patients, she can't be trusted.
Bosworth's lawyer, Paul Richardson, argues that the medical board didn't look at all of the circumstances in the case before it decided to revoke her medical license. Richardson also argued that the administrative law judge making a recommendation to remove her license should have considered the testimony on Bosworth's behalf before making that recommendation to the board.
Judge Doug Hoffman ruled that he would consider the entire transcript from Bosworth's 2015 felony trial, not just the sentencing phase, when deciding whether the medical board's action to revoke her medical license should be upheld or denied.
"It's going to help the Judge understand the true nature of what the allegations stem from, the true facts that are involved in this allegations and I feel they can only help Doctor Bosworth," Richardson said.
For now, the fate of Bosworth's medical license remains in the hands of Judge Hoffman.