Authorities Wednesday morning searched Michael Jackson doctor's office for evidence of possible manslaughter.

We reviewed the warrant and remained on the premises while the search was being executed, Dr Conrad Murray's lawyer, Ed Chernoff, said in a statement. The search warrant authorized law enforcement to search for and seize items, including documents they believed constituted evidence of the offense of manslaughter.

The search started this morning at Murray's clinic in Houston and was conducted by members of the DEA, two Robbery - Homicide detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department and Houston Police officers, Chernoff said.

The search was comcluded at 12:30pm PST and left with a forensic image of a business computer hard drive and 21 documents, he added.