Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson‘s former doctor who recently bagged a four year jail term for the involuntary manslaughter of the singer, is reportedly too broke to afford appeal lawyers.
According to reports, Murray, a specialist in Cardiology, had filed a notice of appeal in Los Angeles Superior Court in which he claimed that he is ‘indigent and respectfully requests the appointment of counsel on appeal’.
By this development, Murray, who earned $150,000 a month as Jackson’s personal physician, is throwing himself on the mercy of the court.
Murray, is planning to appeal both his conviction and his sentence, but has not yet filed papers with the California Appeals Court. He had hired two lawyers to handle his manslaughter case, but is now seeking attorneys with appeal experience.
In another development, one of the doctor’s former lawyers, J. Michael Flanagan, has expressed shock at how his client is being treated in jail.
‘It is crazy and unbelievable how [the sheriffs] are treating Murray in jail‘, said Flanagan, who claimed he waited over an hour to see Murray, who was allegedly brought out in handcuffs and leg chains.
Flanagan reportedly says he was further shocked to see Murray, 58, handcuffed to the table for their meeting, something the lawyer said he’d never seen before in the case of a low-level, non-violent offender.
