Original Article on Los Angeles Times

Dr. Conrad Murray asked an appellate court Monday to order lab testing on a piece of evidence that his defense said might cast doubt on his guilt in Michael Jackson's death.In a filing Monday, a lawyer for Murray asked justices for the 2nd District Court of Appeal to authorize forensic analysis on residue in a drug vial taken from the bedroom of the pop star's rented Holmby Hills mansion.The 100-milliliter bottle known as Exhibit 30 was a hotly disputed piece of evidence at the trial last year that ended in Murray's conviction for involuntary manslaughter. The doctor's fingerprint was on the vial, and prosecutors theorized that it held the dose of surgical anesthetic propofol that killed Jackson on June 25, 2009. They alleged that he had ...(read more)