Sentencing Hearing for Kohli Continued to August

The sentencing hearing for Effingham physician Naeem Kohli has been continued to August.

The 60-year-old Kohli was found guilty of seven counts of illegal dispensation of a Schedule II controlled substance in January following a 17-day jury trial. Each count is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

The sentencing hearing will begin on August 5 at 1pm in US District Court in Benton.

Kohli was found guilty of writing prescriptions out of Kohli Neurology and Sleep Center in Effingham outside the usual course of medical practice and, prosecutors say, not for a legitimate medical purpose.