By Joseph Akahome
Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson‘s former doctor who recently bagged a four year jail term for the involuntary manslaughter of the singer, is reportedly too broke to afford appeal lawyers.
According to reports, Murray, a specialist in Cardiology, had filed a notice of appeal in Los Angeles Superior Court in which he claimed that he is ‘indigent and respectfully requests the appointment of counsel on appeal’.
By this development, Murray, who earned $150,000 a month as Jackson’s personal physician, is throwing himself on the mercy of the court.
Murray, is planning to appeal both his conviction and his sentence, but has not yet filed papers with the California Appeals Court. He had hired two lawyers to handle his manslaughter case, but is now seeking attorneys with appeal experience.
In another development, one of the doctor’s former lawyers, J. Michael Flanagan, has expressed shock at how his client is being treated in jail.
‘It is crazy and unbelievable how [the sheriffs] are treating Murray in jail‘, said Flanagan, who claimed he waited over an hour to see Murray, who was allegedly brought out in handcuffs and leg chains.
Flanagan reportedly says he was further shocked to see Murray, 58, handcuffed to the table for their meeting, something the lawyer said he’d never seen before in the case of a low-level, non-violent offender.
5 comments
his mistakes caused the death of the worlds pop icon (michael jackson). what do you expect?
It’s on fair,if it’s true Concernin wat j micheal flanagan said,den I think it is injustice.he is not a criminal,nor a violent person,he has d right 2 fair hearing.pls dis is bad,sometin should b done.
Its unfair he is not a criminal death is an inevitable its only God who knw best we shld accept ur fate its only a mistake
I think murray should be treated like a man and not like animal…. Justice should be tamper with mercy, people who send him to lull knows themself… Let MJ disease rest in his fore-father’s bosom.