People v. Hamernik

Opinion

MILLER, J.—

Defendant and appellant Kristie Marie Hamernik was a licensed vocational nurse employed at the Vista Cove Care Center in Corona. Defendant was suspended from work but returned to the facility purportedly to retrieve personal items. While at the facility, she entered the room of one of her former patients, Eiko Dorsch. Eiko 1 used a mechanism called a CADD pain pump, which delivered pain medication to her intravenously. After defendant visited Eiko, the pain pump had been emptied of medication. Defendant was found guilty of attempted possession of a controlled substance.

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