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*Dr. Conrad Murray, the cardiologist convicted of manslaughter in the 2009 death of Michael Jackson, filed a request on Monday to have a key piece of evidence in his trial re-tested, reports MTV.com. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The physician is asking an appellate court to order a lab to authorize a forensic analysis on [...]
*Jurors in the Michael Jackson manslaughter case will not watch previously unseen footage from the singer’s final rehearsals to determine the state of his health before his death, a judge ruled Monday. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor agreed with the characterization of a defense attorney for Dr. Conrad Murray that more than 100 hours of [...]
*A hearing in the criminal case of Michael Jackson’s doctor has been postponed because lawyers are bogged down viewing hundreds of hours of rehearsal footage from the singer’s “This Is It” concert, the AP reports. In a conference with attorneys on Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor accepted the requests to delay a July 12 [...]
*A Los Angeles judge has delayed the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray, just a week before it was set to begin. Murray’s lawyers filed an official request to postpone the case on Friday in a bid to land more time to counter the prosecution team’s newly disclosed experts. Superior Court Judge Michael [...]
*Defense attorneys for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death say they might request a delay in his upcoming trial to prepare for new prosecution witnesses, reports the AP. Defense attorney Ed Chernoff said extra time could be needed to line up expert defense witnesses to rebut new prosecution experts expected to be called during [...]
*Prosecutors have been granted permission to show jurors two images from Michael Jackson’s autopsy during the involuntary manslaughter trial of the pop star’s doctor, according to a judge’s ruling Thursday. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor said the photographs, one of which shows Jackson clothed and another one with him nude, are relevant to the case [...]
*A defense lawyer for Michael Jackson’s doctor said Wednesday the singer was so anguished about his deteriorating finances in his final days that he took desperate actions that caused his own death. The statements by attorney Edward Chernoff came during a pretrial hearing in the case of Dr. Conrad Murray, who has pleaded not guilty [...]
*The manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s physician Dr. Conrad Murray got off to a slow start yesterday when almost all of the potential jurors told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor that they were aware of the case. According to the AP, Pastor, the prosecutors and Murray’s defense team screened about 160 prospective jurors, [...]
*A Los Angeles judge has postponed today’s scheduled court hearing on whether Michael Jackson’s former doctor Conrad Murray should have his medical license suspended. According to TMZ, Judge Michael Pastor disclosed information to Murray’s lawyers and Jackson family attorneys that has put the ruling on ice. In the interest of full disclosure, Pastor told lawyers [...]
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