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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2011 enter photo, Dr. author Murray, vocaliser archangel Jacksons individualized physician, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court where philologue pleaded not blameable to a charge of reflex manslaughter in the imbibe stars 2009 death. (AP Photo/Irfan Khan, file)Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - A determine overseeing the upcoming archangel politician effort questioned accumulation attorneys Thursday most why they were not preparing reports and statements on doable witnesses and said he may penalize them if more information isn't turned over to prosecutors.

Superior Court Judge archangel Pastor spent more than an distance handling with evidence and witness issues in the housing of Dr. author Murray, who has pleaded not blameable to reflex manslaughter in the 2009 modification of Jackson.

Pastor bristled when accumulation professional J. archangel Flanagan said he did not educate some notes on likely witnesses, including forensic experts.

Flanagan told Pastor he hadn't prepared much notes for trials for at small 10 years.

Flanagan contended that Calif. effort laws don't require him to educate reports on witness interviews to hand over to prosecutors.

Pastor disagreed, saying the strategy appeared to counteract rules intended to preclude surprises during testimony at trial.

"It is a instruction for disaster," Pastor said. "We don't do trials based upon memory."

The determine rejected a request by prosecutor Deborah Brazil to vacate the regular move of Murray's effort in New March over the issue.

She argued there was no way the doctor's accumulation team could be prepared for effort if they had not still cursive and handed over reports.

Pastor sequential attorneys to convey to suite on Monday to boost handle witness statements and other doable evidence.

The determine also told Flanagan and accumulation professional Ed Chernoff there could be consequences — including sanctions, a retard of effort or exclusion of witnesses — if the lawyers did not provide prosecutors more info most their case.

Chernoff said they intend to call individual of Murray's patients as housing witnesses to disprove an anticipated endeavor by prosecutors to paint philologue as a careless physician who gave politician a lethal pane of the drug propofol.

Coroner's officials determined the vocaliser died from acute propofol intoxication. The drug is ordinarily presented in hospital settings, but philologue was using it as a sleep assistance in the room of Jackson's rented mansion.

Flanagan said digit accumulation proficient is likely to claim politician was chronic to narcotic and was suffering from withdrawal when he died.

Brazil said there was no evidence of that, and Pastor questioned how an proficient could come to that conclusion without making some notes.

"I'm foregather uncovering it rattling arduous to conceive that a renowned forensic proficient in some person is feat to verify the defence without notes in face of him or her," Pastor said.

The determine delayed ruling on whether professional Nareg Gourjian crapper join Murray's accumulation team.

Gourjian was a past assort of honor professional Mark Geragos, who represented politician from 2003 to 2005 when the vocaliser was accused of female molestation. Gourjian mitt the housing before Jackson's trial, which ended with his acquittal.

Geragos said he would not vocalise concerns most Gourjian defending philologue in open court, and Pastor agreed to foregather with him in closed conference incoming week. Gourjian was sequential to educate a bound evidence detailing exactly what he had done on Jackson's case.

Gourjian has said he did little work on the case.

In a removed matter, attorneys for Jackson's mother, Katherine, told a determine handling a illegitimate modification lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that they would not pursue subject conspiracy and willful infliction of emotive painfulness claims against AEG Live.

AEG was organizing a planned series of comeback concerts titled "This Is It," when politician died in June 2009.

A subject suite determine ruled earlier this month that Katherine politician could not pursue the claims without amending her lawsuit, but the housing could continue with allegations that AEG unsuccessful to properly manage Murray.

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