Spector defence reject lesser charges
Phil Spector's lawyers have asked a judge to tell US jurors they must find the record producer either guilty or not guilty of murder with no option to find lesser offences such as voluntary or involuntary manslaughter in the death of actress Lana Clarkson.
"It is the prosecution's position that Mr. Spector was the shooter and that he therefore is guilty of an offence no less serious than that of second-degree murder," said the defence motion filed yesterday in Los Angeles.
