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California Code
PENAL CODE
SECTION 1562-1564




1562. The party prosecuting a special proceeding of a criminal
nature is designated in this Code as the complainant, and the adverse
party as the defendant.


1563. The provisions of Section 1401, in respect to entitling
affidavits, are applicable to such proceedings.



1564. The Courts and magistrates before whom such proceedings are
prosecuted may issue subpoenas for witnesses, and punish their
disobedience in the same manner as in a criminal action.



 




Dr Conrad Murray has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Murray has admitted giving Michael Jackson the powerful hospital anaesthetic propofol. He has been convicted of homicide through his acts of criminal negligence under California penal code 192 (b).
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