Jackson’s doctor defense hinted at

It has been hinted to for months but the fifth day of the Michael Jackson manslaughter preliminary trial was the first time Dr. Conrad Murray’s lawyers seemed to hint at their defense. They seem to be suggesting, as suspected, they will try to suggest that MJ gave himself the dose of Propofol that killed him due to frustration about not sleeping.

Coroner’s investigator Elissa Fleak testified to finding at Jackson’s home 12 bottles of the powerful anesthetic — typically used in hospitals but which Jackson used as a sleep aid — including ten in a bag marked “baby essentials.”

Fleak said she found most it four days after Jackson died on June 25, 2009 of a drug overdose, and that near his bed were an open box of hypodermic needles and one empty bottle of propofol.

Now this is where it gets interesting when Defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan seized on her testimony to ask if a man Jackson’s size, from his bed, could reach the needles.

“If a person about 136 pounds and 5’9″ was on the bed, they should be able to reach them, right?” Flanagan asked.

Prosecutors quickly objected and a judge agreed the question was speculation. Still, it pointed to a claim made one week ago in court by prosecutors who warned the defense would offer up a theory Jackson killed himself.

This seems to suggest that Dr. Conrad Murray’s lawyers are suggesting that Michael Jackson delivered the fatal shot of Propofol to himself.

In addition to the question that suggested MJ was able to reach the syringes from the bed, he also asked if the IV bag had been fingerprinted.

Seems they are trying to paint a picture that MJ became frustrated when he couldn’t sleep that day and gave himself the fatal shot of Propofol when Murray was out of the room.