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Jackson's doc to plead not guilty in star's death

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's doctor is ready to go to trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the superstar's death, his lawyers say.

Dr. Conrad Murray was expected at a Tuesday arraignment, where his lawyers say he will plead not guilty. They said he will not seek a plea bargain and that they had no qualms about going to trial in spite of strong prosecution evidence at a preliminary hearing aiming to prove that the doctor's gross negligence killed Jackson.

"We're going to go to trial," said defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan. "I think our case is really solid. We were very pleased with the way the evidence went at the preliminary hearing... This should result in an acquittal."

Others outside the case were not as confident of Murray's chances.

"If I were advising him, I would be talking to the district attorney to see what they would be willing to accept," said criminal defense attorney Steve Cron. He said that an offer of probation with community service and temporary suspension of Murray's medical license would be worth considering if it were proposed.

"I think there's a good chance he's going to go down on this," said Cron. "If they go to trial, they've got a lot of explaining to do."

Attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr., who represented Jackson in his child molestation trial six years ago, said of Murray: "I can't be objective in this case. While I respect that defense lawyers have to do their job, I firmly believe he's guilty."

If convicted, Murray could face a maximum of four years in prison. But his defense is not just an effort to avoid prison; it's a fight for his professional life.

Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor suspended his California medical license pending the outcome of the trial. A conviction on a felony could mean that Murray could never practice medicine again.

"I think ultimately, it will not go to trial," said Dana Cole, a defense attorney not involved in Murray's case. "There's too much risk."

He said a plea of guilty or no contest could bring a better result for the doctor than a jury verdict.

"No Superior Court judge is going to want to send him to state prison for this case," said Cole who noted that Murray has no prior criminal record. and is charged with the lowest level of manslaughter. Prosecutors do not allege he wanted to kill Jackson.

Cole suggested that "creative solutions" could be craftedm including a term of house arrest to avoid the long, costly ordeal of a trial.

Prosecutors declined to comment. District attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said, "The people are ready to proceed with this case."

In the six-day preliminary hearing that led to the case going to trial, a portrait emerged of a doctor trying to help his famous client overcome debilitating insomnia with propofol, a powerful surgical anesthetic not intended for home use. Jackson had used it before and demanded it, calling it his "milk."

A coroner testified that Jackson, 50, died of a propofol overdose in combination with other drugs on June 25, 2009. His death was classified as a homicide.

Murray's behavior before and after Jackson stopped breathing was detailed by household staff and paramedics. It was backed up with phone records, e-mails and, most importantly, a transcript of Murray's nearly three-hour interview with police.

Murray said he gave Jackson a low dose of propofol after spending 10 hours trying to get him to sleep using other drugs. When the star appeared to doze off, Murray said he left the room for two minutes to go to the bathroom, then returned to find Jackson not breathing.

He delayed calling 911 for between 25 minutes and an hour while he tried to revive him, testimony showed.

"He abandoned his patient and didn't resuscitate appropriately. That's the key," said Dr. Richard Ruffalo, an anesthesiologist who testified for the prosecution.

Legal experts said several defenses are available to Murray. Among them is the suggestion by his lawyers that Jackson, desperate for sleep, self-administered the fatal dose of propofol while Murray was out of the room. That theory would mean he either injected propofol into an IV line or swallowed the drug, which is meant to be administered intravenously.

Prosecution experts are likely to challenge that scenario. They also could say Murray was negligent in leaving the drug on a night stand where Jackson could reach it.

"They've got to explain why Dr. Murray was giving him propofol in the first place, in a setting where it is not normally given," said Cron, who has been watching the case.

He said Murray's team has many questions to answer, including why he left the singer without a monitor, why he delayed calling 911, why he attempted CPR on a bed rather than the floor, and why he did not tell paramedics he had given Jackson propofol.

"All these are little bits of evidence," said Cron. "None of them alone caused his death, but all together they may have."

Although it was risky, Cron said Murray may have to testify in his own defense.

"My guess is he will have to explain some of these things and present his persona to the jury as a reasonable, competent doctor," Cron said.

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Here is Michael Flanagan, without the J. They did not only have few actors, but not much inspiration for names either  :lol:

Pictured: Drugs investigators search Michael Jackson's doctor's home in manslaughter investigation
By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE
Last updated at 1:35 AM on 30th July 2009


Federal agents searched the home of Michael Jackson's doctor yesterday as focus turned to the role a powerful sedative that may have played in the singer's death.
Officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) were seen entering Dr Conrad Murray's house and his office in Las Vegas as part of a potential manslaughter probe.
It follows reports that police think the physician gave the pop star propofol to help him sleep shortly before he died.


Vehicles line the street as investigators search the home of Michael Jackson's physician, Dr. Conrad Murray in Red Rock Country Club in Las Vegas yesterday, seeking documents as part of a manslaughter investigation into the singer's death


A Las Vegas police officer leaves Global Cardiovascular Associates Inc., Dr Murray's medical office, after it, also was searched

Officers are working on the theory that the powerful sedative - which Jackson reportedly used 'like an alarm clock' - caused his heart to stop, it has been suggested.
Los Angeles police accompanied DEA agents as they entered Dr Murray's home in a gated community with a search warrant.
Meanwhile, a separate raid took place across town at the doctor's offices.
Yesterday's raid followed that on Dr Murray's clinic in Houston, Texas, last week.
On that occasion, agents spent two-and-a-half hours at the site, leaving with 21 documents and a 'forensic image' of a computer hard drive.
Michael Flanagan, assistant special agent in charge of the Las Vegas DEA office, said today's warrants were sealed and that he could not reveal what documents agents were seeking.


Michael Jackson and was being treated by Dr Conrad Murray

But the investigation is increasingly focusing on the role of Dr Murray, Jackson's personal physician, who was with him when he died.
The doctor has been quizzed twice by police in Los Angeles as part of their probe, with a third interview planned.
He has not been named as a suspect but court records have identified the 51-year-old physician as the subject of a manslaughter investigation. Police say he is cooperating with the investigation.
Investigators have revealed that Jackson regularly received the anaesthetic propofol on a drip and relied on it like an alarm clock.
A doctor would administer it when Jackson went to sleep, then stop the IV drip when the singer wanted to wake up, the unnamed official told the Associated Press.
On June 25, the day Jackson died, Dr Conrad Murray gave him the drug through an IV at some time after midnight, the official said.


DEA agents arrive prepared to cart away documents from Dr Murray's home that they hope will help them in the investigation

Murray's lawyer, Edward Chernoff, has said the doctor 'didn't prescribe or administer anything that should have killed Michael Jackson'.
When asked yesterday about the law enforcement official's statements he said: 'We will not be commenting on rumours, innuendo or unnamed sources.'
In a more detailed statement posted online late last night, Chernoff added that 'things tend to shake out when all the facts are made known, and I'm sure that will happen here as well'.
Toxicology reports are still pending, but investigators are working under the theory that propofol caused Jackson's heart to stop, the official said.
Jackson is believed to have been using the drug for about two years, and investigators are trying to determine how many other doctors administered it, the official said.
Using propofol to sleep exceeds the drug's intended purpose. The drug can depress breathing and lower heart rates and blood pressure.
Because of the risks, propofol is supposed to be administered only in medical settings by trained personnel.


The body of pop singer Michael Jackson is loaded into a van to be taken to the Los Angeles County Coroner's office shortly after he was pronounced dead

Murray became Jackson's personal physician in May and was to accompany him to London for a series of concerts starting in July.
He was staying with Jackson in the Los Angeles mansion and, according to Chernoff, 'happened to find' an unconscious Jackson in the pop star's bedroom the morning of June 25.
Murray tried to revive him by compressing his chest with one hand while supporting Jackson's back with the other.
The official also provided a glimpse into how the pop star was living in the weeks before he died, describing the room in which Jackson slept in his rented Beverly Hills mansion as outfitted with oxygen tanks and an IV drip.
Another of Jackson's bedrooms was a shambles, with clothes and other items strewn about and handwritten notes stuck on the walls.
One read: 'Children are sweet and innocent.'



The temperature upstairs was stiflingly hot when authorities arrived at the singer's house after his death.
Gas fireplaces and the heating system were on high because Jackson always complained of feeling cold, the official said.
A porcelain girl doll wearing a dress was found on top of the covers of the bed where he slept, the official said.
Police found propofol and other drugs in the home. An IV line and three tanks of oxygen were in the room where Jackson slept, and 15 more oxygen tanks were in a security guard's shack, the official said.
Elsewhere, Michael Jackson's children could miss out on a $20 million life insurance payout because an aide allowed the policy to lapse.
The singer's family are planning legal action against the assistant who they reportedly believe kept the cash that had been put aside for insurance.
Dr Steven Hoefflin, the plastic surgeon who became one of Jackson's closest friends, said that the affair highlighted the 'deception and incompetence' of the hangers-on who surrounded the singer in his final days.
'The family have told me that, utterly unbelievably and horrifyingly, one of his aides did not keep up with payments in the last months of his life. They believe he was pocketing the money,' he told The Sun.
Because the final payments were missed it is understood that Jackson's children will now receive around $2.5 million rather than the $22.5 million to which they would have been entitled.
His children Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael II, 7, commonly known as Blanket, will inherit his $300 million share in The Beatles back catalogue but the rights are mortgaged up to the hilt and the singer is facing a range of legal claims on his estate.

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Who knows MJ could make him plead guilty...that would be a real shock...everyone expects CM to plead not guilty...and we know MJ likes to be unpredictable...doing something a little unexpected...I like to see how that works.
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Who knows MJ could make him plead guilty...that would be a real shock...everyone expects CM to plead not guilty...and we know MJ likes to be unpredictable...doing something a little unexpected...I like to see how that works.
I would really lmfao if that happens :lol:
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Here is Michael Flanagan, without the J. They did not only have few actors, but not much inspiration for names either  



Maybe not the journalists who write these things to realize these details, no investigative journalism and quality, everything is copied and pasted.
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Here is Michael Flanagan, without the J. They did not only have few actors, but not much inspiration for names either  



Maybe not the journalists who write these things to realize these details, no investigative journalism and quality, everything is copied and pasted.

This guy Michael Flanagan from the DEA was on TMZ back then, I think they even interviewed him. He was the first Michael Flanagan I heard of, the lawyer was the second.
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Quote from: "~Souza~"
Here is Michael Flanagan, without the J. They did not only have few actors, but not much inspiration for names either  :lol: [/c
Police found propofol and other drugs in the home. An IV line and three tanks of oxygen were in the room where Jackson slept, and 15 more oxygen tanks were in a security guard's shack, the official said.
Elsewhere, Michael Jackson's children could miss out on a $20 million life insurance payout because an aide allowed the policy to lapse.
The singer's family are planning legal action against the assistant who they reportedly believe kept the cash that had been put aside for insurance.
Dr Steven Hoefflin, the plastic surgeon who became one of Jackson's closest friends, said that the affair highlighted the 'deception and incompetence' of the hangers-on who surrounded the singer in his final days.
'The family have told me that, utterly unbelievably and horrifyingly, one of his aides did not keep up with payments in the last months of his life. They believe he was pocketing the money,' he told The Sun.
Because the final payments were missed it is understood that Jackson's children will now receive around $2.5 million rather than the $22.5 million to which they would have been entitled.
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There you go. Now this is the correct life insurance policy subject, as I was telling and telling, and explaining. Children are the beneficiary of real life insurance policy, not AEG or Sony that members were talking about here.
So, if really payment was missed, then yes, they won't collect full amount of policy limit.
But maybe they say this because they don't want to collect anything since if MJ is alive, then that would be a fraud.On the other hand, if kids got 2,5 Mil. life policy, then why Katherine was crying to increase her monthly allowance? Kids have money to spend for themselves. Katherine needs $26,000/mon. for herself only? So, would be good to know if they claimed that money, maybe not
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