Dr. Conrad Murray's Lawyers Want Key Propofol Evidence Retested
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}November 7: Conrad Murray remains expressionless next to his attorney J. Michael Flanagan (L) after the jury returned with a guilty verdict in his involuntary manslaughter trial in Los Angeles. (Reuters)
Lawyers for the doctor convicted of causing Michael Jackson's death are returning to court to seek testing of a vial of the powerful anesthetic that killed the singer.
Attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray are expected to ask a judge Monday to release to an independent lab the vial of propofol that authorities contend was used on the morning of Jackson's death.
Attorney J. Michael Flanagan wrote in a court filing that the testing is necessary to analyze the prosecution theory that Murray placed Jackson on an IV drip of propofol and the painkiller lidocaine then left the room.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Prosecutors and Flanagan are expected to argue about the request during a hearing at 11 a.m. in Los Angeles.