Judge dashes infiltration claim

Julius Caesar, emperor of much of the then-known world, referred to himself in the third person.

So does former LAPD Det. Zvonko Bill Pavelic in a letter to Judge Fidler, posted on his website, criticizing the prosecution in the Phil Spector trial, using phrases like “patently dishonest” and “illegal.”

Pavelic's main charge is that the prosecution "infiltrated" Spector's defense. The claim was repeated in a motion filed by the Spector defense yesterday. While it may have gotten traffic on the Internet, the charge didn't get much traction in court. Fidler refused to entertain the allegations, saying he might do so if the defense submits them in a written statement sworn by Pavelic “under penalty of perjury.”