{"id":4406,"date":"2011-01-25T17:48:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T17:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=4406"},"modified":"2011-01-25T17:48:11","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T17:48:11","slug":"dr-murray-pleads-not-guilty-in-michael-jackson-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/01\/dr-murray-pleads-not-guilty-in-michael-jackson-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr.Murray Pleads Not Guilty In Michael Jackson Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script>Michael Jackson\u2019s personal physician described himself as \u201can innocent man\u201d during a Los Angeles Superior Court hearing Tuesday in which a judge set a March date for his trial in the pop star\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Asked how he pleaded to the charge of involuntary manslaughter, Dr. Conrad Murray began, \u201cYour honor, I am an innocent man &#8212; &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s your plea?\u201d Judge Michael Pastor interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, I plead not guilty,\u201d Murray said.<\/p>\n<p>The physician, who faces a maximum of four years in prison, surprised the judge by invoking his right to a speedy trial, meaning the case would have to begin by March 2.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor remarked on the rarity of a defendant invoking his speedy-trial right but set jury selection for March 28. The judge said his \u201cinclination\u201d was to allow television coverage of the trial, which the defense said was likely to last two months.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson died June 29, 2009, from an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol, which Murray told police he had been using to treat the singer\u2019s chronic insomnia.<\/p>\n<p>Murray\u2019s attorneys said at a preliminary hearing earlier this month that there was evidence Jackson injected or drank a fatal amount of the drug when the physician wasn\u2019t looking.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2011\/01\/michael-jackson-dr-conrad-murray-pleads-not-guilty.html\"> LA Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Jackson\u2019s personal physician described himself as \u201can innocent man\u201d during a Los Angeles Superior Court hearing Tuesday in which a judge set a March date for his trial in the pop star\u2019s death. 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