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Deputy District Attorney David Walgren said the prosecution would be ready to go as well for the trial he estimated would last six weeks. The judge scheduled the trial to begin March 28 and set a pretrial hearing for Feb. 7. "Dr. Murray is looking forward to finally telling his side of the story," defense attorney Ed Chernoff said outside court.

Asked why the defense wants to begin the trial so quickly, Chernoff said, "Dr. Murray has been waiting 22 months for his opportunity to do this. It's the first chance we have to force the issue." Pastor said he was inclined to allow television coverage of the trial and will hear attorneys' views on that and other issues at 1 Associated Press pool photoIRFAN KHAN Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal physician, right, confers Tuesday with his attorney Edward M. Chernoff in Los Angeles Superior Court.

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