Phil Spector is refusing to give up fighting his murder conviction, and has told his lawyers to continue appealing despite the fact that his latest appeal was denied.
Phil Spector, who was a prolific record producer, was jailed for 19 years for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson who was shot in 2003, but Spector wasnt convicted till 2009.
Spector's legal team tried to have the verdict overturned by claiming photos of the trial judge pointing out blood spatter evidence, used in the prosecution's closing argument, had swayed the jury and turned the court into a government witness.
A group of Californian judges dismissed the argument in a unanimous decision, and Judge Joan Klein ruled that the photos only demonstrated Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler clarifying the testimony of a forensic witness.
But Spector, 71, is refusing to give up and on Wednesday his attorneys lodged a new request for the California Court of Appeal officials to reconsider its decision to uphold his conviction. Spector's attorney, Dennis Riordan, says the embattled mogul is "very focused on pursuing the appeal"
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