Conrad Murray found guilty of killing Michael Jackson

After six weeks of trial, cardiologist Dr. Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after the jury decided his treatment of the singer had been criminally negligent. Murray will lose his medical license and was remanded in custody for sentencing on November 29. He faces a maximum sentence of up to four years in prison. MTV News spoke to Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Mike Cavalluzzi, who explained what kind of sentence Murray is likely to face.

“The overcrowding laws in state prison right now could very well result in Conrad Murray getting a probationary sentence, meaning that any custody time would be spent in county jail rather than state prison,” said Cavalluzzi, who does not have first-hand knowledge of the case, but has worked a range of criminal matters in L.A. courts from misdemeanor battery to homicide. “Right now, the ruling is that state prisons should be only for the most violent offenders, and I don’t think that Conrad Murray would fall into that category.”

In court, members of the late singer’s family shouted “Yes” as the verdict came down. Jackson’s mother Katherine sobbed quietly. Later, outside court, she said “I feel better now.”

The King of Pop died in June 2009 at the age of 50 after receiving a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol, which Murray administered to help him sleep. What are your thoughts on this?