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Authorities Not In A Hurry To File Charges In Michael Jackson Death

It’s been almost three months since Michael Jackson’s shocking death, and while Los Angeles police are close to wrapping up their investigation, the decision on whether to bring criminal charges is at least weeks and perhaps months away, legal experts say.

Spector In ‘Sensitive Needs’ Area Of California Prison

Phil Spector is hoping to get a few comforts of home in his new prison cell, and a television, iPod and computer access are at the top of his list.

The music producer was transferred this week to the largest state prison in California where he will serve his sentence of 19 years to life for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.

Mug Shot Shows Bald Phil Spector

A mug shot of Phil Spector released Wednesday reveals that prison has been a hair-raising experience for the legendary music producer.

Phil Spector Sentenced, May Spend Life In Prison

There was no soundtrack for the final scene of pop maestro Phil Spector’s criminal case.

Spector, 69, said nothing as he was sentenced Friday to 19 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder of Lana Clarkson, a one-time B-movie actress who was shot through the mouth in Spector’s castle-like mansion six years ago.

Judge To Sentence Music Legend Phil Spector On 2nd-Degree Murder Conviction

Six years ago, Phil Spector was barely a blip on the American celebrity radar screen. Although his music lived on, his name and face were only dimly recalled by rock music aficionados until a shooting at his Alhambra mansion propelled him to notoriety.

Now he faces sentencing Friday on second-degree murder of actress Lana Clarkson, a conviction that suggests to some that California prosecutors have broken a decades-long string of celebrity murder case losses. The names O.J. Simpson and Robert Blake come to mind.

Lawyer Seeks To Trim Producer Phil Spector’s Prison Sentence In 2nd-Degree Murder Conviction

A lawyer for Phil Spector said in a court document filed Wednesday that the music producer maintains he did not kill actress Lana Clarkson and is not responsible for her death.

Attorney Doron Weinberg wrote in a memorandum to the sentencing judge, however, that Spector’s prison sentence on a second-degree murder conviction should be 18 years to life in prison.

Prosecutors Seek 19 Years To Life For Phil Spector

A prosecutor asked a judge Tuesday to sentence music producer Phil Spector to 19 years to life in prison for his second-degree murder conviction in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson.

Phil Spector Found Guilty Of Second Degree Murder

Rock music producer Phil Spector was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion six years ago.

A Superior Court jury returned the verdict after an estimated 29 to 30 hours of deliberations. The jury had the option of choosing involuntary manslaughter, but did not do so.

Jury Reaches Verdict In Phil Spector Murder Trial

The jury in Phil Spector’s murder retrial has signaled it has reached a verdict.

The Los Angeles Superior Court jury buzzed the courtroom three times at late morning Monday.

The court clerk says the verdict will be read no earlier than 2 PM PDT.

Phill Spector Lawyers Want A Stay In Murder Trial

Phil Spector’s lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday for an indefinite stay of the music producer’s murder retrial so they can appeal the case on double jeopardy grounds.

Defense attorneys Dennis Riordan and Doron Weinberg want an assurance that prosecutors will not ask jurors to convict Spector on lesser offenses of voluntary or involuntary manslaughter.

Prosecution Has New Witness For Phil Spector Retrial

Phil Spector’s prosecutor has found a sixth woman who wants to testify that the music producer threatened her life, according to a new motion that sets out facts similar to those alleged in the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson.

The incidents, however, are separated by seven years and a defense attorney said he will oppose use of testimony by this woman and by five others who testified in Spector’s murder trial last year.

Calif. Supreme Court Declines To Take Phil Spector Case

The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to take up Phil Spector’s claim that the judge who presided over his deadlocked murder trial was biased against him and should be disqualified from handling his second trial.