Jackson doctor set to be arraigned today
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February 5, 2010, Friday
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MORE than seven months after Michael Jackson's death from an anesthetic overdose - and following days of heightened speculation - the pop singer's doctor will be arraigned today on a charge connected to the death, according to a person familiar with the planning.
Dr Conrad Murray is set to be arraigned at a Los Angeles courthouse, the person, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the situation, said on Wednesday. The possible charge was not disclosed.
However, two law enforcement sources have said that prosecutors plan to charge Murray with involuntary manslaughter.
Los Angeles County district attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said she could "neither confirm nor deny" that Murray would appear this afternoon at the courthouse.
Jackson died on June 25 at a rented mansion in Los Angeles.
Murray, who has a practice in Houston, came to Los Angeles last weekend and has been strategizing with his team of defense attorneys. Lead attorney Ed Chernoff said his client was ready to surrender to authorities in the event a charge is filed.
"We are prepared for whatever occurs," Chernoff said. "We have time to meet and strategize for possible scenarios, but in reality we've had eight months to do that."
The arrival of Murray and Chernoff in recent days from Houston led to a new round of speculation that a charge could be announced this week. Camera crews and reporters converged on the criminal courthouse on Tuesday awaiting word of possible charges.
Police have been investigating Murray since Jackson's death at age 50.
The doctor told detectives he'd given the singer a powerful anesthetic and other sedatives to get the chronic insomniac star to sleep. Jackson died soon after and investigators have been gathering evidence to try to show Murray was negligent in administering the drugs. Murray maintains nothing he gave Jackson should have killed him.
Dr Conrad Murray is set to be arraigned at a Los Angeles courthouse, the person, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the situation, said on Wednesday. The possible charge was not disclosed.
However, two law enforcement sources have said that prosecutors plan to charge Murray with involuntary manslaughter.
Los Angeles County district attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said she could "neither confirm nor deny" that Murray would appear this afternoon at the courthouse.
Jackson died on June 25 at a rented mansion in Los Angeles.
Murray, who has a practice in Houston, came to Los Angeles last weekend and has been strategizing with his team of defense attorneys. Lead attorney Ed Chernoff said his client was ready to surrender to authorities in the event a charge is filed.
"We are prepared for whatever occurs," Chernoff said. "We have time to meet and strategize for possible scenarios, but in reality we've had eight months to do that."
The arrival of Murray and Chernoff in recent days from Houston led to a new round of speculation that a charge could be announced this week. Camera crews and reporters converged on the criminal courthouse on Tuesday awaiting word of possible charges.
Police have been investigating Murray since Jackson's death at age 50.
The doctor told detectives he'd given the singer a powerful anesthetic and other sedatives to get the chronic insomniac star to sleep. Jackson died soon after and investigators have been gathering evidence to try to show Murray was negligent in administering the drugs. Murray maintains nothing he gave Jackson should have killed him.
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