How Phil Spector was Convicted

Phil Spector, the music impresario who was behind hits "You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feeling," and "Da Doo Ron Ron," was convicted of murdering a struggling actress at his mansion home in 2003 following a night of drinking.

Phil Spector, listened to his lawyer Doran Weinberg before the verdict was read in Los Angeles on Monday. Music producer Spector, was surrounded by his defense team during closing arguments at the retrial murder case in Los Angeles back in March.

Mr. Spector, who is 68, faces a minimum 18 years in prison. The jury, ending a five-month trial, reached its decision after 27 hours of deliberating whether he shot the actress in a fit of anger or merely witnessed her suicide. In addition to 2nd degree murder, the jury found Spector guilty of illegally discharging a firearm.

This was the second murder trial in the case. The first ended in a hung jury back in 2007. Phil Spector has been free on bail for the majority of the last six years, but was immediately taken back into custody after the verdict on Monday.

Phil Spector came into court looking frail and sullen. He wore a long blue overcoat, a bright red tie with his a shaggy shoulder-length hairstyle. No psychedelic glasses or the swagger that carried him through decades at the top of the pop music scene.

Mr. Spector was heard to whisper a few words to his lawyers. As a court clerk read the verdict, he leaned forward intently. His face betrayed little emotion throughout the proceeding.

There you have it folks - out of the mouths of the news hounds themselves.

Source: New York Times

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