Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Approximately three weeks after he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson’s death, Conrad Murray was sentenced to four years by a Los Angeles judge Tuesday morning.

The doctor has been in jail since his conviction.

Prosecutors called for a four-year prison sentence for Murray.  His lawyers had asked the judge to sentence him to probation.

ABC News legal analyst Royal Oakes has speculated Murray won’t spend much time behind bars due to overcrowding.  Because of overcrowded conditions at California prisons, a new policy keeps non-violent offenders in county jails rather than prison.  Murray will do his time at the L.A. County Jail.

Murray had been accused of administering a fatal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol to Jackson in 2009.

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