Two of the doctors, Randy Sid and David Hoban, plead guilty to felony charges that were reduced to misdemeanor counts upon payment of restitution and completion of community service. Charges against Dr. Charles Lee were dismissed.
In early 2014, Dr. Eva’s case went to trial on charges of grand theft and filing false claims for allegedly overbilling the state for his services. Dr. Eva was convicted in February 2014, but he won a new trial on the ground that the jury received improper instructions. Six members of that same jury sent Judge Hayes a letter after the trial, saying they felt Eva was the “fall guy” in the overbilling conspiracy that started with Eva’s superior, prison chief of medical services Dr. Charles Lee, and included other prison doctors, too. “It seemed evident that Dr. Eva was a very good psychiatrist whose life has now been ruined,” the letter states. “This does not feel like justice.”