Attorneys for Jackson doctor hint at a defense

Anaesthetic bottles found in Jackson's room, court told
LOS ANGELES: A coroner's investigator has testified she found 12 bottles of a powerful anaesthetic that contributed to the death of Michael Jackson in his bedroom after he died. Investigator Elissa Fleak said nine of the bottles were found in a closet in a bag labelled ''Baby Essentials''. Syringes and other medications were also found during a search of Jackson's rented mansion four days after his death on June 25, 2009, she said. Ms Fleak was the first investigator to describe in detail the it...

Witness: Jackson doctor got distracted on call
LOS ANGELES -- A former girlfriend of the doctor charged in the death of Michael Jackson testified Friday that he was distracted when he called her on the morning of the singer's death and she heard commotion in the background. Sade Anding said she realized at one point that Dr. Conrad Murray wasn't paying attention to her. She heard coughing and mumbling but didn't recognize the voice as Murray, she said. "I heard commotion as if the phone was in a pocket or something," Anding said. T...

Waitress was on phone to doctor of dying Jackson
A Cocktail Waitress recounted how she was called by Michael Jackson's personal doctor the day the pop icon died and heard a "commotion," apparently as the medic struggled with the crisis. Sade Anding, of Houston, Texas, was one of 11 people with whom the physician, Conrad Murray, spoke by telephone in the hours leading up to Jackson's shock death on June 25, 2009. In other Testimony at hearings into whether Murray should stand trial for involuntary Manslaughter, the court heard that 12 vials of ...

Witness: Jackson doctor got distracted on call
FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2010 file photo, Michael Jackson's physician, Conrad... Los Angeles (AP) - A former girlfriend of the doctor charged in the death of Michael Jackson says he called her the morning of the signer's death and she heard commotion in the background. Sade Anding testified Friday she was talking to Dr. Conrad Murray but at one point realized he wasn't paying attention to her. She says she heard coughing and mumbling but didn't recognize the voice as Murray. Anding says she stay...

12 drug bottles found in Jackson home
LaToya Jackson and her parents, Joe Jackson, center, and Katherine, left, arrive at court Friday in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES -- A coroner's investigator testified Friday that she found 12 bottles of a powerful anesthetic that contributed to the death of Michael Jackson in the singer's bedroom and closet after he died. Investigator Elissa Fleak said nine of the bottles were found in a bag labeled "Baby Essentials" in the closet. Other medications and syringes were discovered in searches of Jackso...

More witnesses recall Murray veiling meds
Security guard Alberto Alvarez, right, and attorney Carl Douglas speak after the preliminary hearing for Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray Thursday in Los Angeles. » Buy this photo LOS ANGELES -- Prosecutors called a third witness Thursday who described frantic efforts by the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death to gather medication from the floor of the bedroom where the singer died after receiving intravenous doses of an anesthetic. Paramedic Martin Blount testified at a prelimina...

Guard describes grim scene at Jackson estate
Guard Alberto Alvarez, right, shown with attorney Carl Douglas, testified Wednesday during the hearing for Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray. » Buy this photo Michael Jackson's sisters Rebbie, left, and Janet arrive for the preliminary hearing for Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, in Los Angeles on Wednesday. REED SAXON/THE Associated Press » Buy this photo LOS ANGELES -- As Michael Jackson's lifeless body lay on a bed in his palatial mansion, a Bodyguard obeyed a frantic doc...

Jacko Doctor's Trial: More Dramatic Testimony
Like this Story? Share it: The Manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, continued this week. (AP) (CBS) A preliminary hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to bring Dr. Conrad Murray to trial for involuntary Manslaughter in the death of singer Michael Jackson is slated to resume Monday after a week of what CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy calls "damning Testimony." Friday was no different. A former girlfriend of Murray's, Sade Anding, said she was on the p...

Waitress was on phone to doctor of dying Jackson
A picture dated from 2010 shows Dr. Conrad Murray in court. A cocktail wait... A Cocktail Waitress recounted how she was called by Michael Jackson's personal doctor the day the pop icon died and heard a "commotion," apparently as the medic struggled with the crisis. Sade Anding, of Houston, Texas, was one of 11 people with whom the physician, Conrad Murray, spoke by telephone in the hours leading up to Jackson's shock death on June 25, 2009. In other Testimony at hearings into whether Murray s...

Jackson dead before paramedics arrived, court told
Michael Jackson was already dead well before Paramedics got to him, and his personal doctor said nothing about having given the star a powerful sedative that killed him, medics said. Murray is accused of involuntary Manslaughter over the icon's shock death on June 25, 2009. Prosecutors say he administered an Overdose of the powerful sedative Propofol to help Jackson sleep, and then tried to cover it up. On the third day of Testimony, paramedic Martin Blount said that when he arrived Jackson seem...

Jackson doctor 'ordered aide to remove evidence'
Michael Jackson's doctor instructed an aide to remove medical equipment near the singer's body before Paramedics arrived, a court probing the medic's role in Jackson's death was told. Conrad Murray, accused of involuntary Manslaughter over the pop icon's shock death on June 25, 2009, also gathered up a number of bottles before anyone called 911 for emergency help, the aide testified. Alberto Alvarez, described as a logistics director for Jackson, said that when he entered the star's bedroom, he ...

Jackson doctor 'ordered aide to remove evidence'
Michael Jackson's doctor instructed an aide to remove medical equipment near the singer's body before Paramedics arrived, a court probing the medic's role in Jackson's death was told. Conrad Murray, accused of involuntary Manslaughter over the pop icon's shock death on June 25, 2009, also gathered up a number of bottles before anyone called 911 for emergency help, the aide testified. Alberto Alvarez, described as a logistics director for Jackson, said that when he entered the star's bedroom, he ...

Love life of Jackson doctor an issue
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Los Angeles prosecutors have made Dr. Conrad Murray's Love Life part of the case as they try to show he should be held responsible for Michael Jackson's death. A judge in hearing Testimony on whether there is enough evidence to try Murray for involuntary Manslaughter. The first three days of the hearing focused on the medical care Jackson received while Murray was his personal doctor. The witnesses Friday included the doctor's girlfriend and two of his exes, the Los ...

Jackson dead before paramedics arrived, court told
Michael Jackson was already dead well before Paramedics arrived, one responder said Thursday at pre-trial hearings to decide whether his personal doctor should be tried for Manslaughter. The emergency medic, the second to testify, echoed a colleague saying Jackson's physician Conrad Murray scrambled to clear up medical equipment as they arrived, and at first denied he had given drugs to the star. Murray is accused of involuntary manslaughter over the icon's shock death on June 25, 2009. Prosec...

3rd Witness Says Jackson Doc Gathered Meds
Michael Jackson and Dr. Conrad Murray Los Angeles - Prosecutors called a third witness Thursday who described frantic efforts by the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death to gather medication from the floor of the bedroom where the singer died after receiving intravenous doses of a powerful anesthetic. Paramedic Martin Blount testified at a preliminary hearing that Dr. Conrad Murray scooped up three vials of the painkiller Lidocaine moments after the doctor said he hadn't given the superstar...

Jackson doctor 'cleaned up drugs'
A second paramedic has testified that Michael Jackson's doctor sought to clear medical paraphernalia from the bedroom in the moments after his death. And an Emergency Room doctor said Dr Conrad Murray did not inform her he had given the singer a powerful anaesthetic before his death of a drug Overdose. The Testimony came at a preliminary hearing for Dr Murray, who has pleaded Not Guilty to involuntary Manslaughter. Prosecutors say his negligence led to Jackson's death aged 50 in June 2...

Did Jackson Doctor Wait Before 911 Call?
(NewsCore) - Approximately 25 minutes ticked by from the time that Dr. Conrad Murray first noticed Michael Jackson was lifeless before calling 911, according to a former girlfriend’s Testimony in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday, TMZ reported. Sade Anding said she received a call from Murray on the day Jackson died -- June 25, 2009 -- and spoke to him for about five minutes before she heard a commotion that included “coughing and voices” on Murray’s end of the line. She rea...

Witness in Michael Jackson case: Things didn't add up
LOS ANGELES — The career paramedic dashed into Michael Jackson’s bedroom, looked around and listened to a doctor’s explanation for why the singer was ostensibly lifeless and came to the conclusion that things didn’t add up. Richard Senneff said the gaunt patient, an IV stand and bag next to the bed and the presence of Dr. Conrad Murray pointed more to a hospice patient, not an international pop superstar about to embark a series of London Concerts. Although the doctor sai...

The King Of Pop's final hours: How his last day unfolded
The charge is involuntary Manslaughter, which carries a maximum of four years in jail. The defendant is Dr Conrad Murray, a physician accused of recklessly causing his patient's fatal Cardiac Arrest. The Victim? Michael Jackson. In room 110 of the Superior Court in Downtown Los Angeles fans, Jackson family members and the world's media spent this week hearing the case against Murray, who was being paid $150,000 to look after the 50-year-old so-called The King of Pop. There was no jury present. I...

Waitress 'was on phone to doctor of dying Jackson'
A Cocktail Waitress recounted Friday how she was called by Michael Jackson's personal doctor the day the pop icon died and heard a "commotion," apparently as the medic struggled with the crisis. Sade Anding, from Houston, Texas, was one of 11 people with whom Dr. Conrad Murray spoke by telephone in the hours leading up to Jackson's shock death on June 25, 2009. The waitress said she had met Murray in a Texas steakhouse in February 2009. The pair had exchanged Phone Numbers, and she received a ca...

Bodyguard describes grim scene at Jackson estate
LOS ANGELES -- A Bodyguard testified Wednesday that the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death grabbed a handful of vials and ordered him to put them in a bag before telling him to call 911 during frantic efforts to revive the King of Pop. Alberto Alvarez was the first Security Guard to reach the bedroom where prosecutors say Dr. Conrad Murray administered a fatal dose of the powerful anesthetic Propofol to Jackson on June 25, 2009. He said he was frozen at the sight of Jackson on the bed wit...

Medic says doc scooped up vials in Jackson bedroom
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A paramedic sent to Michael Jackson’s mansion says he saw the doctor charged in the singer’s death scoop up three bottles of Lidocaine from the floor and place the vials in a bag during efforts to revive the pop star. Paramedic Martin Blount testified Thursday he was surprised to see the bottles because Dr. Conrad Murray had told Paramedics he hadn’t given Jackson any drugs. He says Murray also produced a hypodermic needle at one point and wanted to use...

ER doc: Jackson dead long before hospital arrival
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before Paramedics wheeled Michael Jackson into the emergency room, Dr. Richelle Cooper was sure he was dead. More than an hour of resuscitation efforts at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center didn’t change her opinion — the King of Pop had died in the bedroom of his rented mansion. Based on what Jackson’s personal physician told her, though, she didn’t quite know why. Murray told her he had seen Jackson stop breathing and immediately started CPR,...

Aide 'cleaned' Jackson death room
A Bodyguard to Michael Jackson has testified the singer's doctor ordered him to clean up medical paraphernalia in the moments after he died. And a paramedic said Dr Conrad Murray did not mention he had given Jackson Propofol, an anaesthetic found to have caused the singer's death. The Testimony came at a preliminary hearing for Dr Murray, who has pleaded Not Guilty to involuntary Manslaughter. Prosecutors say his negligence led to Jackson's death aged 50 in June 2009. At the preli...

Waitress 'was on phone to doctor of dying Jackson'
A picture dated from 2010 shows Dr. Conrad Murray in court. A cocktail wait... A Cocktail Waitress recounted Friday how she was called by Michael Jackson's personal doctor the day the pop icon died, and heard a "commotion" apparently as the medic struggled with the crisis. Sade Anding, from Houston, Texas, was one of 11 people with whom Dr. Conrad Murray spoke by telephone in the hours leading up to Jackson's shock death on June 25, 2009. The waitress said she had met Murray in a Texas steakho...