With the recent case of Kerry Kennedy’s DWAI arrest so prominently in the news, and the allegation that her motor vehicle accident with a tractor trailer on I-684 was due to her taking an Ambien prior to the accident and falling asleep at the wheel, I read an interesting case…
In the aftermath of the Conrad Murray guilty verdict of involuntary manslaughter and his sentencing on November 29, 2011, there is no question that the prosecution was handed some enormous breaks which do not normally occur in a criminal case. Further, in my opinion, the prosecution of Dr. Murray, while…
Dr. Conrad Murray, the 58 year old cardiologist who was convicted by a Los Angeles County jury this week of involuntary manslaughter in the June 25, 2009 death of Michael Jackson, will now face two additional cases in civil court. In September of 2010, Jackson’s mother Katherine Jackson filed a…
A Los Angeles jury found Dr. Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson on November 7, 2011. There were 22 days of testimony and 49 witnesses presented to the seven man and five woman jury. The jury deliberated for approximately 2 days before reaching their…
Last week, a 26 year old East Naples, Florida man was sentenced to life imprisonment for possession of child pornography. This has set off a debate among prosecutors, defense attorneys, law school professors, former judges and commentators: namely, does the punishment fit the crime? The background is that Daniel Enrique…
The criminal trial of Houston, Texas cardiologist Dr. Conrad Murray, 58, began this week in Los Angeles Superior Court. Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the June 25, 2009 death of the famed pop singer Michael Jackson, who died of cardiac arrest at the age of 50 after Dr.…