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Was so absurd. he altered evidence in open courtroom. could you imagine that? if i had to do this again, that's the one thing i would never do. i would never sit quietly in the courtroom and have a district attorney tear open and destroy the integrity of evidence when there was no reason to do that. that was not the only time. there were so many issues of irregularity and obstruction of justice on his part. >> valerie, let me ask you, what do you think is your best chance on appeal? >> well, there are a lot of issues, but the fact that i think that we have been able to demonstrate that jackson...

>> you are talking about dr. arnie kline, who did not testify at the trial and i know that's part of your appeal which i want to talk to you about after the break. but you said you didn't know that michael jackson was taking other drugs. there were prescription bottles all around his bed from other doctors, and i think any outside observer who didn't even have any medical access to michael jackson could have probably told you, i mean, anybody looking at michael jackson over the years could probably tell you he was doing something. you're saying you had no clue he was taking other drugs? >> wha...

Threatened his $150,000 a month job as the singer's personal physician. all so michael jackson could rehearse, despite his fragile health. aeg denies this, saying it was jackson who chose and handled murray. michael jackson died just two weeks before his tour was set to open in london. randi kaye, cnn, atlanta. >> joining us now by phone right now from the los angeles county jail is conrad murray. also with us, his attorney. dr. murray, appreciate you being with us. there are a lot of questions i would like to ask you obviously about this aeg live trial. i know you can't answer them, or won't....

Anything that could possibly incriminate him. >> okay. let me ask you about propofol. as you know, it's supposed to be administered in a hospital. it's a sedative used for surgery and you certainly were not the first doctor to give michael jackson propofol. but you did order a lot of it. and as a doctor who swore to do no harm, i guess i just still don't understand how you could give this clearly troubled person this powerful sedative in a non-hospital setting. >> i think that's a very good question, anderson. the thing about it is i -- nobody knows but i basically was doing my endeavor to get...

Frankly, the fact that the dermatologist, arnie kline, did not testify, i think that's a significant issue. >> they looked at his records but he did not testify. >> he didn't testify. i think chances are he will not, the convictions will not be overturned. >> mark, do you agree with that? >> yeah. it's a 98% or 97% or 98% affirming of criminal convictions on appeal in california. this trial judge is somebody who is extremely bright. he makes a bulletproof record. i agree with jeff. i think the best issue here was not letting kline get up there -- not letting the defense call kline, amongst oth...