. MEDICAL : LAW: CASES: Jacksons Doctor Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter Jacksons Doctor Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD Published: February 8, 2010 <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/us/09jackson.html>LOS ANGELES Nearly eight months after Michael Jackson died suddenly, his personal physician was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter for providing him with a powerful anesthetic that was ruled a major factor in his death.
At his arraignment Monday afternoon at the Airport Courthouse, the doctor, Conrad Murray, pleaded not guilty.
The filing of the charges capped an investigation that revealed Mr. Jacksons heavy reliance on narcotics, including propofol, an anesthetic normally used in surgery but administered to Mr. Jackson, 50, as a sleep aid.
Dr. Murray, a cardiologist with offices in Houston and Las Vegas, had acknowledged giving Mr. Jackson the drug shortly before the singer was found unconscious on June 25 in a rented mansion here, according to police affidavits. The coroner determined that Mr. Jackson had died from acute propofol intoxication, combined with other sedatives.
Dr. Murray, 56, who arrived in Los Angeles last week trailed by paparazzi, has maintained through his lawyer that nothing he gave Mr. Jackson should have caused his death.
If convicted, he faces a possible maximum four-year state prison term.At the arraignment, the judge set bail at $75,000, which Dr. Murray was making arrangements to post. In setting the bail, the judge said that the doctor cannot leave the country. He is allowed to practice medicine, but cannot use anesthetics or otherwise put people under.
The California Attorney General has served notice that it is seeking to revoke his license
After the proceedings, Mr. Jacksons father, Joseph, who attended along with other members of the Jackson family, said, "We need justice," when asked for his reaction to the charge.
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