After nearly two years in between the courts, justice is served for a Susanville man’s family, who died after being served prescription drugs on an evening of drinking.
The Lassen County District’s attorney’s office says Reno man, Eric Moore, was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder.
Moore was working as a bartender when, on February 23rd, 2022, he was found to have sold prescription oxycodone to the unidentified man. The DA’s office says those pills, combined with the alcohol Moore was also serving him, ultimately caused the man’s death.
The DA’s Office called this a first-of-its-kind verdict. Emphasizing If someone dies as a result of ingesting controlled substances, and the evidence supports it, the person providing those substances can be charged with murder.
Moore is scheduled for sentencing on February 2, 2024.
Photo provided by Lassen District Attorney’s Office
