Spector judge to drop instruction
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Phil Spector's murder trial judge plans to withdraw an instruction given to the jury because he says it misreads US law.
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The judge in the Phil Spector murder trial said on Wednesday he would not instruct the deadlocked jury to consider a reduced charge of manslaughter against the music producer.
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A lawyer for Phil Spector said on Wednesday he has been asked to bring the rock producer to court next week and fears his client has been indicted by a secret grand jury for the 2003 murder of a B-movie actress.
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LOS ANGELES  - The specter of Phil Spector will haunt Hollywood well into 2008. On Wednesday, the judge presiding over the legendary "Wall of Sound" producer's murder trial declared a mistrial after jurors indicated they were hopelessly deadlocked, 10-2, in favor of convicting Spector on charges that he killed actress Lana Clarkson more than four years ago.
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Music producer Phil Spector is granted a delay to a hearing into charges he murdered an actress.
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The judge in the murder trial of Phil Spector said on Wednesday he would not allow the deadlocked jury to consider a reduced charge of manslaughter against the music producer.
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Phil Spector may soon have to face the music in court.
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The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial, struggling to help deadlocked jurors reach a verdict, is taking an unusual step that some legal experts say could make a conviction easily reversible on appeal.
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An angry judge Thursday threatened a tearful lawyer with contempt of court for refusing to testify for the prosecution, at the murder trial of her ex-client and record producer Phil Spector.
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The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial said he is considering giving jurors the option of finding the record producer guilty of a lesser charge than second degree murder after the panelists reported a 7-5 impasse following seven days of deliberations.
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LOS ANGELES  &#151; Prosecutors closed their case against Phil Spector with sarcastic attacks on his team's scientific experts and called on jurors to do justice for the actress found shot to death in his home.
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The deadlocked jury in the Phil Spector murder trial will not be given the option of convicting the music producer on a lesser charge, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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Phil Spector was often described as a music legend during the trial that ended Wednesday with a jury unable to decide whether he was guilty or innocent of murder.
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The judge in record producer Phil Spector's murder trial decided Monday to let jurors hear from a celebrity security guard who says he heard Spector rant against women and declare they should all be shot in the head.
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The jury in the murder trial of  Phil Spector said on Tuesday it was unable to reach a unanimous  verdict on the charges against the legendary rock producer, and  the judge dismissed the jurors for the day.
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A former lawyer for Phil Spector testified to prosecutors in the music producer&#39;s murder trial on Thursday after being threatened with jail time if she refused to give evidence.
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Producer Phil Spector was indicted by a grand jury yesterday (Sept. 27), clearing the way for his trial in the death of an actress.