People v. Jackson (full title: "1133603: The People of the State of California v. Michael Joe Jackson") was a 2005 criminal trial held in Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria, California, in which American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson was charged with molesting Gavin Arvizo, a cancer patient in remission who was thirteen years old at the time of the alleged abuse. Jackson was indicted on four counts of molesting a minor, four counts of intoxicating a minor to molest him, one count of attempted child molestation, one count of conspiring to hold the boy and his family captive, and conspiring to commit extortion and child abduction. The trial spanned approximately four months, beginning with jury selection that began on January 31, 2005. The jury returned a not guilty verdict on all ten felony counts plus four lesser included misdemeanors on June 13, 2005.