Judge Keeps It Simple: Rejects Lesser Verdicts

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"I would never allow that," said [Larry Paul Fidler]. "The only verdict form they will get is second-degree murder."

At the start of Wednesday's session, the judge clarified the new role of [Dennis Riordan], a San Francisco lawyer who came in to handle jury instruction arguments. Spector's wife, [Rachelle Spector], had issued a news release Tuesday night saying that Riordan was hired as "chief counsel" to replace Bruce Cutler.

"There are consequences for conduct," said [Alan Jackson]. "What we're talking about are intentional acts by the defence to undermine the prosecution and the court process and the rules by which we play. We have to live in a world of rules."

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Judge Keeps It Simple: Rejects Lesser Verdicts

By Linda Deutsch

LOS ANGELES -- Jurors in Phil Spector's murder trial will have only one question to decide: Is the music producer innocent or guilty of second-degree murder?

Superior Court J...

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