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Lawyers in the Murray trial to meet with judge
15/09/2011 04:56
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor will meet with lawyers Thursday to clear up any last issues before the final phase of jury selection starts next week.
Murray's lawyers and the prosecutors are busy this week studying what 145 potential jurors wrote on a...
Court releases jury questionnaire for Murray's trial
09/09/2011 16:41
Los Angeles Superior Court released a copy of the jury questionnaire in Murray's trial. The questionnaire is made by thirty-three pages and one hundred and thirteen questions.
Among the questions:
-- Over the past several years, have you followed any publicized...
Jury selection resumes for Murray's trial: several prospects cleared
09/09/2011 12:35
Updated: 2011-09-09 16:08
The search for jurors in the trial against Conrad Murray arrives at the second day of jury selection with the hearing of Friday morning.
Murray was also present.
There was some who tittered when the judge asked whether anyone was unaware of the...
Jury selection begins for Murray's trial: many prospective jurors dismissed
08/09/2011 12:48
Updated: 2011-09-08 18:35
Jury selection began in Los Angeles courtroom, where about 160 potential jurors were being screened to verify if they could serve on the involuntary manslaughter of Murray, which is expected to last about six weeks. The judge explained to the group that the...
Appeals Court denies to sequester jury; judge allows the prosecution witness to testify
07/09/2011 13:05
The Second District Court of Appeals denied Murray's lawyers' petition to obtain a jury sequestration.
California appeals court ruled today that the trial judge, Michael Pastor, did not abuse his discretion, as Murray's lawyers claimed in their petition, when he decided not...
Murray's trial: the defendant
07/09/2011 06:45
Conrad Murray was born in St. Andrews, Grenada on February 19, 1953. Murray graduated from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee in 1989.
In 1992 he completed his residency in internal medicine at Loma Linda University. In 1995, he finished a fellowship in cardiology...
Murray's trial: the judge
07/09/2011 07:18
On April 5, 2010, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Edward Pastor was assigned to Murray's case following a brief hearing with the Supervising Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Over the years Judge Pastor has handled a significant number of very serious and complicated...
Judge admonishes Murray and the lawyers about his rulings
06/09/2011 18:35
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor ended a hearing Tuesday saying he wanted "to make it crystal clear" he did not want to hear or read their criticisms in news reports.
Judge Pastor was apparently upset by Murray's response when a TMZ photographer approached him...
Murray's lawyers want to ban witness about the ingestion of Propofol
06/09/2011 15:40
Murray's lawyers want to ban a prosecution medical expert, Dr. Steven Schafer, from testifying that ingesting Propofol would not trigger a fatal reaction, Tmz reported.
Murray's lawyers want to argue that a frustrated Michael Jackson ingested or self-injected a lethal...
Definition of jury questionnarie in Murray's trial begins
06/09/2011 13:22
On Tuesday morning, the definition of the jury questionnaire started in the trial of Murray.
Over the hearing, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor confirmed that jury selection will begin on September 8 as planned, unless the Court of Appeal...