His lawyer, Edward Chernoff, says he'll answer questions on the courthouse steps after the appearance. Dr. Murray is expected to be released on bond immediately.

Dr. Conrad Murray’s defense team is prepared to surrender him at the Airport Courthouse at 1:30 pm Monday, February 8. After the expected arraignment, Ed Chernoff will be available for questions on the courthouse steps.

The LA Times reports on the doctor's financial problems that may have led him to accept Jackson's offer of employment.

Back to Charlie Sheen: If Sheen is charged with felony menacing, it will include the threatened use of a deadly weapon. The statute (18-3-206) reads:

(1) A person commits the crime of menacing if, by any threat or physical action, he or she knowingly places or attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. Menacing is a class 3 misdemeanor, but, it is a class 5 felony if committed:

(a) By the use of a deadly weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to cause a person to reasonably believe that the article is a deadly weapon; or

(b) By the person representing verbally or otherwise that he or she is armed with a deadly weapon.

The charges listed on the police report and in the affidavit for his arrest on Christmas Day are explained here.