Judge orders 3 before court in the case of drugs Anna Nicole

LOS ANGELES - Three key players in the troubled world of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith is ordered to stand trial after a hearing related to exploring the depths of drug use fueled his later years and the alleged role of her boyfriend and two doctors in their feeding dependency on prescription drugs. A judge heard testimony, sometimes shocking delivered in the flow of drugs, according to Smith ruled Friday there was enough evidence to try the accused on charges of conspiring to give Smith opiates and sedatives. Defense attorneys had argued that the attorney Howard K. Stern attempted to Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and psychiatrist Dr. Khristine Eroshevich desperately devoted to the model last years of his life, including a time when she gave birth to a daughter and lost her son save went to a drug overdose. One of the last pieces of the prosecution evidence was submitted a report on the interrogation of a researcher from a friend of Smith, who said he saw Stern put pills in his mouth. "He poured into her mouth like a bird," said Gina Shelley in the interview. Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry said that his decision only limited evidence that a reasonable person to suspect that the accused committed the crime would cause required. He ordered a charge that was given placebos see Eroshevich Smith, too, that there was insufficient evidence. Struggling with lawyers, whether Smith was addicted, said the judge: "I think you have demonstrated (Smith), a drug addict." The three defendants have pleaded not guilty, if convicted they could each face more than five years in prison. On 11 Charges were laid down in December. Eroshevich was the only defendant to take the position after the hearing. "I understand that I have to go through this process," she said. Smith died of an accidental overdose of at least nine drugs in February 2007 on a Florida hotel. The defendants were not going to cause his death, but the conspiracy were illegally employed, they are charged with controlled substance and delivery of narcotics to an addict. Defense lawyers argued that their clients do not know, Smith was a drug addict and tried to help. "Criminalization of the efforts to assist a physician in a patient is a difficult task," said Kapoor attorney, Ellyn Garofalo, prior to the decision of the judge. "Verdict even the poor doctor is not criminal. Good faith is about." The hearing deep into the troubled life of Smith and the role that the defendants had to feed his drug addiction, as they were swept into his world of celebrities. Larry Birkhead, the father of the girl, Smith said he had never seen anyone take a medication, such as Smith. The doctors tried to show blur be the boundaries between doctors and friends. Kapoor, u nce mounted with Smith in a parade of gay pride and concern in a sample of the paper read that in court because he had hugged her, may be lost. Attorney Adam Braun, who represents Eroshevich, said his client was a friend of Smith, then her psychiatrist. "The evidence that my clients were at the heart of Anna Nicole Smith," Brown said the judge. "It was well meant." Stern's lawyer, Steve Sadow, said the drug should not apply to the detriment of his client. "Mr. Stern simply a non-experts," said Sadow. "It's not a doctor, and is supported with the doctor-related activities." Says the judge at one point during the hearing was convinced that the three defendants were at the heart of Smith and tried to help. The defense lawyers also objected to charges that the use of pseudonyms to the requirements of Smith. They said that the practice was common celebrities and noted that Smith had actually been in a hospital under a false name. Attorney Sean Carney argued that review is no exception "star" of the law. Said outside court, lawyers for Stern and Eroshevich that they were happy that I see an opportunity for so many witnesses for the prosecution - had in every 17 - because it provides an overview of the prosecution at trial. Kapoor lawyer said Garafolo case of serious consequences for doctors and patients could have anywhere. The hearing included statements by a bodyguard, a description of the scorching day of Smith and his futile efforts to revive provided when they stopped breathing. There was also evidence of is the effect of methadone and a heavy painkiller called Dilaudid as a "heroin hospital." One expert said there was no legitimate reason for the medical Kapoor and Eroshevich offer Smith the amount of sedatives and analgesics were doing it, too. A pharmacist who said he refused to respond to a command written and submitted by drug Eroshevich Kapoor, as would be "suicide pharmaceutical industry." Perhaps the strongest evidence against Stern were never seen to be heard. A nanny who was Smith in the Bahamas was made by a researcher who has read his comments to the witness in question. The nurse claimed that Stern kept Smith in his slaves to persuade him to order large quantities of drugs that sent them into a stupor where they take for three days at a time to sleep. Although recalls advise the judge on several occasions stated that he only had a preliminary hearing, the feeling of a mini-study. Lawyers who challenged the testimony disadvantages investigation, no witnesses on their part to keep their evidence in court. ___ AP Entertainment Writer Anthony McCartney contributed to this report.