Lawyers for Michael Jackson's doctor have asked a California court not to revoke his medical license because he would be unable to defend himself from charges of involuntary manslaughter in the King of Pop's death.
California's attorney general last month asked the Los Angeles Supreme Court to suspend Conrad Murray's medical license in California, in view of the "reckless" way he administered drugs that made him "a danger to the public."
The doctor, who could face up to four years in prison if convicted, acknowledged on February 8 giving the anesthetic propofol to Jackson following the singer's "repeated demands/requests" for the drug.
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Murray's lawyers argued that if he is barred from practicing medicine in California, where he no longer does since Jackson's death on June 25, he would "be unable to practice medicine in Texas and Nevada," where he also works.
"His ability to pay for his own defense depends almost entirely on his ability to continue to treat patients in Nevada and Texas," they added in the plea, just days ahead of an April 5 hearing.
