Spector wants judge dismissed from murder retrial

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Accused of killing former Napa County resident

Thursday, March 13, 2008

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By ASSOCIATED PRESS

2:30 p.m.LOS ANGELES — Attorneys for Phil Spector want to remove the judge from his pending murder retrial.

The defense filed a 44-page motion on Wednesday contending that Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler was biased in favor of the prosecution during Spector’s first trial last year.

That trial ended in a jury deadlock.

The motion argues that people could conclude Fidler sought a guilty verdict, in part to counter media reports that a celebrity could not be convicted in the Los Angeles court.

Spector is accused of shooting and killing actress and former Napa County resident Lana Clarkson at his Alhambra mansion five years ago. The defense has claimed the shooting was self-inflicted, either an accident or suicide.

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