When Dr. Mead and her attorney attempt to negotiate a plea deal, both Stone and her lawyer make a few mistakes that a first year law student should know. Stone offers her a plea to manslaughter in the second degree with a sentence of six months; however manslaughter two is a class C felony, which has a minimum sentence of 3.5 years in prison. Mead's lawyer counters with an offer to plead guilty to criminally negligent homicide, which he claims is a class D felony, if she gets probation instead of prison. However criminally negligent homicide is a class E felony, the only homicide charges that are a class D felony are abortion in the first degree and vehicular manslaughter in the second degree. A violent class E felony like negligent homicide can be sentenced to probation, however violent class D felonies like vehicular manslaughter require a minimum prison sentence of at least two years.
The doctor from the hospital's psychiatric unit says that Daniel Garrett was admitted in a highly agitated state and given intravenous meroxin to calm him down. Meroxin is one of the brand names for meropenem, an antibiotic used to treat serious bacterial infections like meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis and anthrax. Meroxin has zero uses for treating someone in an agitated state, for general agitation without a known underlying cause a strong sedative like midazolam (Versed) is typically used; for agitation caused by psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia haloperidol (Haldol) is used, as it has both antipsychotic and sedative properties.