Dr. Murray Moved to Tears by Patients' Testimony
LOS ANGELES (AP) — [...] "If this man was greedy he never would have come to the community of Acres Home," she said, testifying that most residents are senior citizens on fixed incomes. Murray's eyes brimmed with tears and he wiped them with a tissue for several moments after Mosley left the witness stand. She was the last of five character witnesses that Murray's attorneys called during the doctor's involuntary manslaughter trial. He has pleaded not guilty. ... Four other witnesses, all heart patients at Murray's cardiology offices in Houston and Las Vegas, expounded on his talents, saying he was a caring thorough doctor who tended to their hearts and later became a friend.
"He is my best friend," said Gerry Causey, a former patient who drove from his current home in Cedar City, Utah, to testify. "The reason I came here to help Dr. Murray is I know his love, his compassion, his feeling for his patients, every one of them and I just don't think he did what he's accused of doing." Another witness, Andrew Guest of Las Vegas, looked at Murray across the courtroom and declared, "I'm alive today because of that man. That man sitting there is the best doctor I've ever seen." Guest said Murray explained every aspect of his treatment and even called him at home on a weekend to see how he was doing.
Under California law, character witnesses can be offered in an effort to create reasonable doubt of guilt. Before the trial recessed for the day, Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor told Murray he soon plans to ask the defendant to state whether he wants to testify in his own defense. The judge emphasized that the right to testify was his alone. "It does not belong to your attorneys, to the prosecution or to me," Pastor said. "If you want to testify, you will testify even if someone may be counseling you not to testify. Do you understand?" "Yes," Murray said softly. He warned Murray that testifying would subject him. ...
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"He is my best friend," said Gerry Causey, a former patient who drove from his current home in Cedar City, Utah, to testify. "The reason I came here to help Dr. Murray is I know his love, his compassion, his feeling for his patients, every one of them and I just don't think he did what he's accused of doing." Another witness, Andrew Guest of Las Vegas, looked at Murray across the courtroom and declared, "I'm alive today because of that man. That man sitting there is the best doctor I've ever seen." Guest said Murray explained every aspect of his treatment and even called him at home on a weekend to see how he was doing.
Under California law, character witnesses can be offered in an effort to create reasonable doubt of guilt. Before the trial recessed for the day, Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor told Murray he soon plans to ask the defendant to state whether he wants to testify in his own defense. The judge emphasized that the right to testify was his alone. "It does not belong to your attorneys, to the prosecution or to me," Pastor said. "If you want to testify, you will testify even if someone may be counseling you not to testify. Do you understand?" "Yes," Murray said softly. He warned Murray that testifying would subject him. ...
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Dr. Murray has made some close relationships, I saw how touched he was. But the little woman with the hard face looks tough...I wouldn't want to make her mad. LOL!