Dr. Conrad Murray's lawyers have a whole extra month to sweat the small stuff.
A judge reluctantly postponed opening statements in the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial from Arpil 5 to May 9 , citing the ongoing exchange of information between the prosecution and Murray's defense team.
"I did not wan t to burn the propective jurors," L.A. Superior Court judge Michael E. Pastor said in court today , noting that several hundred people are still scheduled to come in on March 24 to fill out questionnaires about the Murray case .
But because the attorneys are still passing propective witness lists and other evidence back and forth , the judge said he was forced to delay the trial.
Murray , who's accused of injecting Jackson with a lethal dose of propofol and not properly monitoring his vitals afterward , has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter . When Judge Pasto ordered the case to trial after preliminary proceeding , he also ordered that Murray's California medical license be suspended immediately .
"We're going to have a lot of work to do between now and then," the judge said today.
Spoiler alert guys : The prospective jurors have heard of Michael Jackson and read about this case .... and the state is broke .
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