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!ackson glve hlmself Lhe faLal dosage of ropofol afLer hls docLor lefL Lhe room or dld Lhe ur
glve lL?
O harge lnvolunLary manslaughLer ur grossly negllgenL ln admlnlsLerlng anesLheLlc
O fflrmaLlve defense assumpLlon of rlsk
4 nd/or !ackson gave hlmself Lhe flnal dose

L|ke|y ev|dent|ary |ssues
O uocLor
4 ur/aLlenL prlvllege
4 experL LesLlmony oplnlon LhaL he knew or should have known
uoobett vs ltye admlsslblllLy LesLlmony from someooe LhaL Lhls drug cockLall ls
accepLable?
4 haracLer Lamperlng wlLh evldence lled abouL drugs he gave !ackson
4 rlor lnconslsLenL sLaLemenL (lylng abouL drugs Lhen changlng sLory)
4 LaLemenLs made Lo medlcal examlner
O ,edlcal 8ecords
O lcLures of crlme scene
4 ccuraLely deplcL scene aL Llme of crlme? no Lvldence Lampered wlLh
O @elephone calls
4
O ollce records
O ,lchael !ackson characLer evldence
4 urug addlcL
4 hlld abuser
4 upposedly healLhy before deaLh
4 llnanclal Lroubles
Was dolng Lour Lo make a shlLload of money Lo pay off debLs
O hlldren
4 volr dlre Lo esLabllsh foundaLlon wlLness compeLency
O nlmals 8ubbles

v|dence
onrad ,urray
O ubsLandard care by medlcal pracLlLloner no eLhlcal medlcal pracLlLloner would ever use Lhe
hosplLalonly anesLheLlc ropofol ln a prlvaLe home and especlally noL wlLhouL Lhe proper
monlLorlng equlpmenL
4 WheLher he sboolJ bove been aware ls aL lssue noL wheLher he octoolly was aware
4 LxperL oplnlon
O Lvldence Lampered
4 lcLures show lv bag ln dlfferenL locaLlons
4 haracLer
O ur's evldence of paLLerns of conducL ln hls prlor LreaLmenL of !ackson or oLher paLlenLs
4 44(b) Lvldence of oLher crlmes wrongs or acLs noL allowed Lo show propenslLy buL
may be used Lo show
CpporLunlLy
knowledge
ommon scheme or deslgn
O knew !ackson was dead buL dld noL Lry Lo geL help unLll Lhe bodyguard called
4 ur delayed calllng so he could hlde evldence LhaL he gave ,! drugs
O ,urray gave paramedlcs and emergency room physlclans false lnformaLlon regardlng Lhe poly
pharmacy" of drugs !ackson recelved ln Lhe monLhs prlor Lo hls deaLh
4 @hese mlsrepresenLaLlons allegedly hlndered resusclLaLlon efforLs aL !acksons home and
aL u medlcal cenLer
led LhaL he had glven hlm weaker sLuff prlor lnconslsLenL sLaLemenL
onsplracy Lo cover up crlme?
haracLer and LruLhfulness
O @he key evldence ln Lhls case lncludes records whlch have been gaLhered by Lhe os ngeles
ollce ueparLmenL regardlng wlLnesses ed|ca| records credlL card LransacLlons emalls
Lelephone calls purchases of drugs locaLlon of lndlvlduals prlor Lo ,lchael !acksons deaLh and
a hosL of oLher maLLers
4 aLlenL/uocLor prlvllege

,lchael !ackson
O rlor chlld molesLaLlon case
4 44 Lvldence of slmllar crlmes ln chlld molesLaLlon cases allows propenslLy evldence
8uL noL a slmllar crlme Lo !ackson's sulclde
8elevanL?
O llnanclal Lroubles
4 uefense wanLed Lhls ln Lo show Lhe klnd of flnanclal sLress !ackson sLruggled wlLh aL Lhe
end of hls llfe
4 Lress + longLlme drug abuse led hlm Lo make bad cholces
4 Coes Lo moLlve for !ackson kllllng hlmself
4 4 pre[udlclal
O ,edlcal LesLlmony drug problems
4 !udge llmlLed
4 uermaLologlsL noL allowed Lo LesLlfy
,osL ofLenvlslLed docLor
3 uemerol ln[ecLlons
4 ur/aLlenL prlvllege
O CuLLakes from fllm @bls ls lt! noL allowed
4 rosecuLlon wanLed Lhls ln Lo show LhaL !ackson was healLhy a few weeks before he
dled
4 Pearsay
O lfesLyle [udge made lL clear LhaL hls courLroom won'L be a forum for Lrylng !ackson's llfesLyle
O uLopsy phoLos allowed
4 8elevanL Lo lllusLraLe Lhe LesLlmony of wlLnesses and wlll enhance Lhe [ury's
undersLandlng of Lhe prosecuLlon's case
4 8elevanL Lo help demonsLraLe LhaL ,lchael !ackson was generally ln excellenL healLh
and LhaL whlle Lhln hls body welghL was wlLhln Lhe normal range
O ,edla coverage use volr dlre Lo ellmlnaLe any [urors who have been pre[udlced by Lhe medla
4 ueep and abldlng resenLmenL ln Lhe communlLy

O Lrlckson menLloned someLhlng ln passlng abouL maklng lL so 8ubbles (Lhe monkey) kllled
!ackson
4 nlmals can'L be crossexamlned

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