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Michael Jackson's private physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was convicted by a jury yesterday in a Los Angeles courtroom of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death in 2009. He will be sentenced on November 29. He faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison. He will be jailed in the time prior to sentencing for his manslaughter conviction.

Murray is trained as a cardiologist, but his medical license has been suspended in California since he was charged with criminal negligence in Jackson's death. Prosecutors said that Murray was greedy and incompetent and his negligence played a significant role in Jackson's death. Murray had administered a powerful anesthetic to Jackson to help him sleep, but did so without the use of monitors and other equipment. The drug caused Jackson to go into cardiac arrest.

Earlier this month, we discussed the case against Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician for Michael Jackson at the time he died. Previously, the case against Dr. Murray was at the preliminary hearing stage. A preliminary hearing occurs before a trial, and the purpose of the hearing is to determine if the case should be tried.

Dr. Murray has pleaded not guilty to the charges of involuntary manslaughter. Involuntary manslaughter is a lesser charge than murder, and involves an unintentional killing that is also unlawful. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison. After six days of testimony in the preliminary hearing, Judge Michael Pastor ordered Dr. Murray to stand trial on the charges.

The prosecution against Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, moved forward this week with testimony from the late singer's bodyguard at a preliminary hearing. The bodyguard, Alberto Alvarez, gave the judge deciding whether Murray should be tried for involuntary manslaughter a firsthand account of the immediate aftermath of Michael Jackson's death.

Much of the prosecution's case against Dr. Murray has focused on propofol. A coroner's report indicated that propofol, a drug commonly used in anesthesia and sedating patients, caused Jackson's death. Two days after the death, Dr. Murray admitted to police that he had given Jackson, who suffered from insomnia, propofol to help him sleep.