Defense: Mistakes in Jackson Case
PHILLIPS: The jury in the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor could soon hear the police interview with Dr. Conrad Murray. Much of yesterday's testimony centered on drugs found in the singer's bedroom. CNN's Randi Kaye reports.</s>RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In the hours after Michael Jackson died, investigators scoured the bedroom of his rented mansion for clues to what killed him. Elissa Fleak, an investigator with the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, found 12 bottles of the powerful anesthetic Propofol in Jackson's bedroom. She told the jury yesterday, one of them was empty.</s>ED CHERNOFF, CONRAD MURRAY'S ATTORNEY: Did you locate on the floor a 20 milliliter of Propofol?</s>ELISSA FLEAK, CORONER INVESTIGATOR: Yes, I did.</s>CHERNOFF: And where was that located?</s>FLEAK: On the floor next to the left side of the bed.</s>CHERNOFF: And was it empty but for some drops of fluid as it is here today?</s>FLEAK: Correct.</s>KAYE: The coroner says Jackson died of acute Propofol intoxication, his doctor, Conrad Murray, denies charges of manslaughter. In court, the jury learned that Murray's fingerprint was found on the 100 milliliter bottle of Propofol that prosecutors say led to Jackson's death. The bedroom looked more like a pharmacy. These are all the medications Fleak said she discovered. She also said she found a syringe, an I.V. stand, and an I.V. bag with Propofol in it. On cross today, the defense tried to make her investigation look sloppy, showing she didn't note Propofol was inside the I.V. bag in her report until nearly two years after Jackson's death.</s>CHERNOFF: In fact, the very first time that you noted that there was a Propofol bottle in an I.V. bag was the 29th of March, 2011.</s>FLEAK: In case notes?</s>CHERNOFF: Yes. Isn't that right?</s>FLEAK: Yes.</s>KAYE: The prosecution's case hinges on the fact that Propofol was inside the I.V. bag, which would mean Jackson could not have taken the fatal dose himself, as the defense suggests. The defense pressed on, attempting to show Fleak made more mistakes. Touching a syringe she found in the bedroom without wearing gloves.</s>CHERNOFF: This syringe has your fingerprint on it, right?</s>FLEAK: Yes, it does.</s>KAYE: Investigator Fleak also took heat for not mentioning the I.V. bag in her original report.</s>CHERNOFF: Would you consider that a mistake, Ms. Fleak, on your part?</s>FLEAK: I described something in detail later on. I didn't include it in the general, initial narrative. Is it a mistake? I could have described it more in detail.</s>CHERNOFF: You could have described it at all, right?</s>FLEAK: In the initial report, yes.</s>KAYE (on camera): On the stand Wednesday, a computer forensics examiner who analyzed Conrad Murray's iPhone, on it, a recording from May 10th, 2009 of Michael Jackson sounding wasted and slurring his words. In a portion never before played in court, Jackson was speaking of his love for children and his own unhappy childhood.</s>MICHAEL JACKSON, POP SINGER: I love them, I love them because I didn't have a childhood. I had no childhood. I feel their pain. I feel their hurt.</s>KAYE (voice-over): Then suddenly silence and Dr. Murray's voice.</s>MURRAY: You OK?</s>JACKSON: I am asleep.</s>KAYE: Sleep -- Michael Jackson wanted it so badly, it killed him. Randi Kaye, CNN, Los Angeles.</s>PHILLIPS: A dazzling meteor shower expected this weekend. Heck, it could be so active you might even call it a storm. And after winning the Super Bowl 25 years ago, the White House is only now recognizing the team's accomplishment. The back story on the delayed celebration for "Da Bears."