Legal Analyst Robin Sax Weighs in on Day One of Murray Case

Los Angeles - Jurors in the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's personal physician were presented with two portraits of the pop superstar during the first day of testimony -- one of an entertainer motivated to succeed at his first concerts in nearly a dozen years and the other of a man too damaged at times to perform.

The panel that will determine Dr. Conrad Murray's fate also got a sense of Jackson's international stardom after one of the promoters testified that after the singer's 50 comeback shows planned for London sold out, there was still demand for 50 more.

Jackson would never return to the stage, dying unexpectedly in June 2009 at age 50. Prosecutors drove the point home early in opening statements Tuesday, showing jurors a picture of a lifeless Jackson laying on a hospital gurney.

Hours later they played four minutes of Jackson's final rehearsals of two songs. His mother, Katherine, dabbed her eyes with a tissue as video of her son singing "Earth Song" filled the courtroom.

Jackson's persona was present throughout the trial's opening day, although prosecutors are now moving their case toward the events that led to his death and their immediate aftermath. Testimony from Paul Gongaware, an executive with concert promoter AEG Live will continue Wednesday morning, and he will be followed by one of Jackson's bodyguards and a personal assistant.

FOX 11's Legal Analyst Robin Sax gave us her perspective on day one of the Conrad Murray trial.

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