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From LA Times:

CRIMINAL ATTORNEY ADDED TO LEGAL TEAM FOR MICHAEL JACKSON'S FORMER PHYSICIAN

January 8, 2010 | 12:20 pm
Michael Jackson’s former personal physician has hired a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney to help his legal team combat a potential manslaughter prosecution in the pop icon’s fatal overdose last summer.

Dr. Conrad Murray hired Glendale attorney J. Michael Flanagan on Tuesday, the physician’s lead lawyer, Ed Chernoff, confirmed.

The lawyer previously won a manslaughter acquittal for a nurse tried in what is believed to be the only other L.A. criminal case involving propofol, the powerful sedative blamed in Jackson’s death.

Sources have told The Times for several months that Murray is expected to face involuntary manslaughter charges. The Associated Press, citing an unnamed source, reported today that prosecutors will seek an indictment against Murray for involuntary manslaughter.

Law enforcement officials have identified Murray as the target of a manslaughter investigation in search warrants filed in court in the months after Jackson’s death, but a spokeswoman for the district attorney said today that no decision had been made in Murray’s case.


“We have not been formally presented with the case by the LAPD yet.... We do not have a pending case,” spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said. Murray’s lawyers said that if prosecutors had convened a grand jury, they had not notified them or invited the doctor to testify. Flanagan, Murray’s new attorney, said the discussion of an involuntary manslaughter charge was not surprising.

“That is the only thing they could charge him with, but it doesn’t mean that a grand jury would indict him,” said Flanagan. In 2004, the district attorney’s office prosecuted two Burbank nurses for involuntary manslaughter for administering the anesthetic to a cancer patient without authorization of an anesthesiologist.

The patient died. One nurse pleaded no contest to a lesser charge. The other, represented by Flanagan, was acquitted.


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/01/michael-jackson-attorney -builds-legal-team-for-expected-manslaughter-charges.html
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Victoria83 said:
How is Murray paying his attorneys? He can't even afford child-support!
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I'd love to know that too. I remember reading that he has bodyguards (not cops), but hired bodyguards. Where is he getting the money for that too?
 
^Not to mention the bodyguards! I dont like the sound of this Flanagan....Do we know who's gonna be the lawyer for the prosecution?
Also, bloody hell it looks like shits getting real.
 
no win no fee so to speak i guess. thats what some reports said
 
well if hes hired said lawyer he knows crap is coming
 
Im aware im pretty much just spamming the thread now, but man oh maaaannn i hope the d.a's a good guy.( or famewhore)

^^The bodyguards sure as hell can't be waiting around on the off chance that murray pays them when this blows over/if he goes free?
 
MJJ:G.O.A.T said:
I'd love to know that too. I remember reading that he has bodyguards (not cops), but hired bodyguards. Where is he getting the money for that too?
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Like Vic (and many others) have been saying...follow the money. Who's paying Murray's lawyers? Who's paying Murray's security? Well...who's responsible for Michael's death?

Okay, that's as "IU" as I'm gonna get. :mello:
 
sloride said:
I thought the best one was when his spokesman said he had to work 12 hour days just to pay his child support? Um, when did doctors get paid hourly?
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Realistically the more pts seen in a day, the more insurance/medicare/medicaid a practice get's reimbursed for. I don't think the spokesperson meant he was literally on an hourly pay schedule. Just a reasonable guess on my part.
 
Unless there was a climate of corruption that permitted this type of behavior? That is entirely possible.
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well it seems to go on in every high profile case in the US.
 
wow, the story is everywhere. something is finally going to happen soon, I am sure. I hope and pray Michael will get justice.
 
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9514223

Source: DA to Seek Indictment of Jackson Doctor


Prosecutors are prepared to seek an indictment of Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's death, the Associated Press has learned.
A law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation remains open said Friday that Murray would be prosecuted on a theory of gross negligence alleging that his treatment of Jackson was an extreme departure from the standard of care normally followed by physicians.
Miranda Sevcik, a spokeswoman in Houston for Murray and his lawyer, Edward Chernoff, said the doctor had no comment and reiterated he neither prescribed nor administered anything that should have killed Michael Jackson.
Jackson died at his Los Angeles home in June while under Murray's care as the singer prepared for an ambitious concert schedule.
The district attorney's office is waiting for the Los Angeles police to turn over the case before presenting it to a grand jury.

To prove a charge of involuntary manslaughter, authorities must show there was a reckless action that created a risk of death or great bodily injury. If a doctor is aware of the risk, there might also be an issue of whether the patient knows that risk and decided to take it.
Before an indictment can be sought, the person said the Los Angeles Police Department will follow the formality of presenting the case to the district attorney.
A large number of witnesses have been interviewed including those who were present during Jackson's last days and those who worked with him in preparation for his comeback concert, "This is it".

 Authorities have also lined up medical expert witnesses who will testify about the normal standard of care in a situation such as Jackson's and will give opinions on why Murray's actions constituted gross negligence, the person said.
The investigation was substantially completed by the end of December, the person said.


Murray's professional history is expected to be explored during a trial with an emphasis on whether he had the required expertise in administering propofol.

The timing of an indictment will be dictated by two factors — how long it takes for the district attorney's office to conduct an internal review of the evidence and when the grand jury will be available to hear the case.
The person said it was thought that it would be more efficient to go to a grand jury than to charge Murray and proceed by way of a preliminary hearing. A presentation to the grand jury where witnesses testify behind closed doors could take three to five days.
Murray has offices in Las Vegas and Houston. He was hired by Jackson not long before the pop star's death to travel with him on the tour that was to begin in London.
— Associated Press Writer Ken Ritter in Las Vegas contributed to this story.


Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
 
In 2004, the district attorney’s office prosecuted two Burbank nurses for involuntary manslaughter for administering the anesthetic to a cancer patient without authorization of an anesthesiologist.

The patient died. One nurse pleaded no contest to a lesser charge. The other, represented by Flanagan, was acquitted.
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Um, if this is the whole story, that is nothing like this case. Same drug, that's all. That's like comparing a drug-related-argument-turned-shooting to someone being hunted down in their bed at night, shot in the head...just because a gun was the weapon used in both cases.

I know that's a bad example. And that the drug and its usage will probably be the most important factor in this case - but it so should not be. More than the fact that it's asinine to give a patient anesthesia to sleep every night are the 10,000 other factors that point to Murray's guilt being of a criminal nature.

IMHO, his administering Propofol is among the least important of his reckless actions - least important to the case, that is. I think that what was more wrong was the amount he gave, the lack of proper equipment, combination of other drugs, the length of time he was injecting, the lack of monitoring, the amount of time he waited before getting help, the phone calls, the CPR, the ridiculous excuses, the weird behavior (refusing to sign, insisting he was alive when he clearly wasn't) withholding info, the disappearing, the changing of story....it goes on and on...
 
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omg...great the AP is reporting involuntary manslaughter too? I just don't even know what to do. I just feel so hopeless. I mean come on? Seriously, this is more than just "gross negligence". Murray murdered Michael. Medical experts have been saying that the cocktail that Michael was given, BY MURRAY, it could of put down an elephant. So clearly Murray had somethin' else on his agenda. It's not just some fxckin' "accident." :no:

Also, Murray doesn't even feel guilty. He doesn't show any signs of remorse and didn't even apologize. No, instead he makes a lil' youtube vid thanking all his "supporters", whoever those people may be :smilerolleyes:. Then he goes to some church cryin his fake ass crocodile tears, and he makes sure to invite a camera crew in with him.
 
This really sucks. I can't wait until the case is presented, then we can actually see what these investigators have done over the last 6 months. We all have so many unanswered questions on here and in the IU, questions that deserve answers.

Truth and justice for Michael.

djbaby said:
involuntary manslaughter is dumb - it is the weakest thing they could have charged him with. what about not monitoring MJ properly, what about that the levels of propofol were reported way higher than what he said he gave MJ, what about MJ probably already being dead and Dr Murray knowing it but putting on the facade of CPR anyway? this is shit.
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So disappointed with this news. Yes, surely it is not just because Murray administered propofol outside a hospital, it is the manner in which he did it and what was done after the 'mistake' was made. Surely not calling 911 straight away and the dodgyness of the timeline of that morning all either mean gross negligence on so many levels or a third party was somehow involved.
 
uff.when wil this end? I don't understand what this is, honestly :( Michael..
 
daisydaisy said:
This really sucks. I can't wait until the case is presented, then we can actually see what these investigators have done over the last 6 months. We all have so many unanswered questions on here and in the IU, questions that deserve answers.

Truth and justice for Michael.



So disappointed with this news. Yes, surely it is not just because Murray administered propofol outside a hospital, it is the manner in which he did it and what was done after the 'mistake' was made. Surely not calling 911 straight away and the dodgyness of the timeline of that morning all either mean gross negligence on so many levels or a third party was somehow involved.
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well id hope for other charges releated to the cover up.
 
Victoria83 said:
I think it's likely that after he's done with probation he'll leave the country, go to a tropical island, work on his book, and bask in the sun. He'll be fine.
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If he gets away from these charges Michael's estate should sue his ass off for every cent he will ever make.
 
daisydaisy said:
Yeah, someone needs to come forward from the TII crew to tell it like it was, to get the ball moving....
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i ment murrays cover up with the lies he told the doctors etc the different timelines etc
 
I hope justice will be given! If this Murray guy wasn't his "doctor", Michael would be alive now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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