Defense: Key Tactic In Michael Jackson Situation Left In May

First Launched: October 14, 2011 5:35 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images Caption Attorney John Michael Flanagan and Dr. Conrad Murray in the courtroom in LA on April 5, 2010LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- A defense lawyer has revealed in the courtroom he understood several days before trial the key theory that Michael Jackson drank the anesthetic propofol will have to be abandoned. Defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan made the statement in the courtroom Friday without any jury included in the situation against Dr. Conrad Murray. The judge and prosecutors were surprised after they informed this year's week in regards to the alteration of tactics. The disclosure Friday came after da David Walgren complained that he's dealing with a continuously-changing defense situation. Flanagan asserted that wasn't true. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor mentioned he'd never been advised in advance the dental ingestion theory might be dropped. Murray has pleaded not prone to involuntary wrongful dying inside the dying in the pop legend. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.