However sheriff's officials said Jackson's former personal physician will serve a little less than two years. He will be housed in a one-man cell and kept at a distance from other prisoners.
Nicole Nishida, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, said the doctor's sentence is automatically being cut in half due to state laws.
A jury found Murray guilty earlier this month after a six-week trial.
Judge Michael Pastor said the evidence in the case showed a "continuous pattern of lies and deceit" by the disgraced physician, who grew up in Trinidad, where he got his early education.
The legal teams will be back in court in January 2012 to discuss the prosecution's request for Murray to pay restitution to Jackson's family.
Jackson died on 25 June 2009 from an overdose of the powerful anaesthetic propofol. At the time he was rehearsing for a series of comeback performances at the O2 arena in London.
The defence argued that Jackson was a drug addict who caused his own death by giving himself an extra dose of propofol while the cardiologist was out of the room at the star's rented mansion in Los Angeles.
While there is no law against administering propofol, the prosecution's case rested on the argument that Murray was grossly negligent by administering the drug outside a hospital setting and without the proper monitoring equipment.
The prosecution said Murray had abused the trust placed in him by his patient and asked for a four-year sentence.
Judge Michael Pastor said the evidence in the case showed a "continuous pattern of lies and deceit" by the disgraced physician, who grew up in Trinidad, where he got his early education.
The legal teams will be back in court in January 2012 to discuss the prosecution's request for Murray to pay restitution to Jackson's family.
Jackson died on 25 June 2009 from an overdose of the powerful anaesthetic propofol. At the time he was rehearsing for a series of comeback performances at the O2 arena in London.
The defence argued that Jackson was a drug addict who caused his own death by giving himself an extra dose of propofol while the cardiologist was out of the room at the star's rented mansion in Los Angeles.
While there is no law against administering propofol, the prosecution's case rested on the argument that Murray was grossly negligent by administering the drug outside a hospital setting and without the proper monitoring equipment.
The prosecution said Murray had abused the trust placed in him by his patient and asked for a four-year sentence.
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