MJ Autopsy Photos ALLOWED In Dr. Murray Trial
MJ Autopsy Photos ALLOWED In Dr. Murray Trial
28 minutes ago by TMZ Staff
The judge in the Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter case has allowed prosecutors to present TWO photos taken at Michael Jackson's autopsy to be used as evidence at trial.
TMZ has learned ... one of the photos shows the pop star clothed -- while laid out on a gurney.
The other photo shows Jackson's naked body -- but the judge explained "certain parts" will be "blocked out." He didn't explain which parts.
The judge ruled the photos are relevant under the evidence code -- and are "not gruesome, graphic or inflammatory."
http://www.tmz.com/2011/04/21/michael-jackson-autopsy-photos-naked-gurney-dr-conrad-murray/
28 minutes ago by TMZ Staff
The judge in the Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter case has allowed prosecutors to present TWO photos taken at Michael Jackson's autopsy to be used as evidence at trial.
TMZ has learned ... one of the photos shows the pop star clothed -- while laid out on a gurney.
The other photo shows Jackson's naked body -- but the judge explained "certain parts" will be "blocked out." He didn't explain which parts.
The judge ruled the photos are relevant under the evidence code -- and are "not gruesome, graphic or inflammatory."
http://www.tmz.com/2011/04/21/michael-jackson-autopsy-photos-naked-gurney-dr-conrad-murray/
Comments
This is such...bs- tried to find a better expression, but there is none!
!!!!! The face!!!! <!-- s --><!-- s -->
Yes, I thought of 'the face' too!
Then possibly the are trying to prove the person clothed is not the one unclothed. <!-- s8-) -->8-)<!-- s8-) --> The unrecognizable old man was unrecognizable because indeed he was not Michael.
Good catch. But if serious, I think the face must be open for jury to believe that is MJ's body. Although if it was MJ looklike, then they will not figure that out anyway without fingerprints.
What a shit though. I have to make sure be there.
And what's with that picture? Your work TS? Is there something in this pic that could help us out?
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
and photos will be?, .. those of the frail old man has nothing to do with the photo of the ambulance? <!-- s8-) -->8-)<!-- s8-) -->
Too many questions! I'm just trying to get these things out there so someone can explain things to me a little bit better. Still a little new to this game. Curiouser and Curiouser...
L.O.V.E.
Penny Lane
"Your" comment intrigues my Souza....tell me, what are YOU thinking???
Hey Souza, How could this picture be the work of TS, unless TS works for TMZ, or TS is Michael?? <!-- s;) -->;)<!-- s;) -->
Also, Have we seen this particular ambulance pic before??
It's not going to be his face... it will be the genitials that will be blocked out.
And we've got ourselves a winner! <!-- s --><!-- s -->
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
surely all of these serious hoax investigators were not going to be waiting with gold pants warning anticipation <!-- s:shock: -->:shock:<!-- s:shock: --> <!-- s:o -->:o<!-- s:o --> <!-- s --><!-- s -->
but seriously what do they want to show in the photos as far as evidence? if murry doesn't want them then it has to be as someone pointed out severe weight issues or the needle marks or the iv placement in the leg , right? provided of course it is the real thing <!-- s;) -->;)<!-- s;) -->
Associated Press - 55 minutes ago
Story photo: Jackson to be seen in life and deathFILE - In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, Dr. Conrad Murray, singer Michael Jacksons personal physician, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court where Murray pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop stars 2009 death. A has ruled that rehearsal footage from 'This Is It' can be shown during Murray's manslaughter trial. (AP Photo/Irfan Khan, File)Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - Images of Michael Jackson in life and death will be seen at his doctor's involuntary manslaughter trial, a judge ruled Thursday, after a prosecutor promised restraint while using autopsy photos to be sensitive to Jackson family members expected to be in court.
Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor also said he will allow prosecutors to screen segments of the concert movie "This Is It" for jurors in highly redacted form to show the pop star's mental and physical state in the days before his death.
"I don't think this should be entertainment," the judge said. "We should not feel deprived of our 99-cent iTunes if we don't hear the whole song."
Pastor said only two autopsy photos will be allowed of Jackson's body laid out a coroner's examining table.
In one image, the singer is swathed in a hospital gown. In the other, he is nude, with portions of his anatomy obscured, prosecutors said.
"Although they are tragic, they are not gruesome or gory," Deputy District Attorney David Walgren.
The defense had asked to bar autopsy photos, saying the images would inflame the passions of the jury.
Walgren, however, was adamant about the need to show Jackson's physical condition to bolster the prosecution claim that Jackson was healthy overall.
"This is a homicide and we can't pretend it's not a homicide," Walgren said.
The judge agreed the photos were needed. He recalled testimony from the preliminary hearing in which witnesses said Jackson was exceedingly thin and one witness described him as looking like a hospice patient.
Walgren said he was aware that Jackson's family would be in court and said the pictures will be carefully displayed. When he showed them to Pastor, the judge found they were not graphic or gruesome, as the defense contended.
The prosecutor said the images will bolster the contention that the singer was healthy and that it was a combination of the anesthetic propofol and other sedatives that killed him..
Regarding the video footage, Pastor said only relevant portions of Jackson's performance on "Earth Song" and "The Way You Make Me Feel" can be shown to jurors.
"Earth Song" is a colorful tribute to the environment that prosecutors say was the last piece Jackson recorded the day before he died.
"What's admitted will be Michael Jackson singing. What will not be received will be a picture of a cute little girl and orcas and flower and fauna," the judge said.
Defense attorney Edward Chernoff objected to showing the film footage, claiming it was edited to present Jackson in the best light.
Pastor said prosecutors can only show footage from Jackson's rehearsals on the two days before his death on June 25, 2009.
Murray, a Houston-based cardiologist, has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Authorities have accused him of giving Jackson a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol in the bedroom of his rented mansion.
Murray's attorneys have suggested in recent months that the singer may have given himself the fatal dose.
In other rulings, Pastor said:
Prosecutors can have several of Murray's mistresses testify during the trial, but some salacious details should be omitted. For instance, Pastor said he didn't want to hear any references to the strip clubs where Murray met some of them.
Prosecutors cannot refer to Murray's child support issues or how many children he has.
Defense attorneys cannot probe Jackson's financial condition, saying it would turn the trial into "a slug fest which inflames the jury and has no end." The defense has claimed Jackson was despondent over debts.
Ruled out the use of statements made by Murray to his forensic experts in which he appeared to change some of the details previously given to police about Jackson's treatment.
The judge said experts cannot act as "parrots" to get hearsay statements of the defendant before the jury.
The prosecution suggested if Murray wants to tell his story, he should do it from the witness stand.
Opening statements were scheduled for May 9.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Ok, so that explains the clothing issue then.
Also.. this states "portions of anatomy" which suggest more than one area... so it could be genitals AND face area that are obscured, as i cannot think of any other areas that would be thought required to blank out.
They HAVE to blank out the face because that would be a dead give away. Unless they made a dead MJ with wax.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
update: this is her last tweet:
They will be playing rehearsal footage of Earth Song from June 24, 2009 to Jury to show how Michael was just hours before his death. <!-- s:( -->:(<!-- s:( --> DA, contends he was a man who had much to live for, we agree!