GENERAL: Famous Record Producer Must Serve at Least 18 Years of a Mandatory Life Sentence
A Los Angeles jury convicted Phil Spector of second-degree murder Monday, making the legendary record producer who worked with the Beatles and a host of other pop stars the first celebrity found guilty of murder on Hollywood's home turf in at least 40 years.
The verdict read in a tense, standing-room-only courtroom came six years and two trials after police found Lana Clarkson, a statuesque blond actress, shot to death in a chair in Spector's 30-room Alhambra mansion...
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Topix — Phil Spector Found Guilty Of Second Degree Murder Posted by Mitch Michaels on 04.14.2009 How many years is he facing? After about 30 hours of deliberation, a jury has fou... more info