Field trip!
Judge Larry Paul Fidler has agreed that jurors will visit Phil Spector's Alhambra mansion to view the foyer where Lana Clarkson was found shot through the mouth, slumped in a chair with her purse over her shoulder. The defense also wants the panel to hear the fountain splashing in the driveway, where Spector's driver testified he heard the producer say he thought he had killed someone. Final details are to be worked out.


TO ALL WHO READ THIS:
FOUNTAINS CAN BE MADE TO PUMP WATER FASTER, THEREFORE, MAKING IT LOUDER!!! ALSO, THIS WILL BE IN THE DAYTIME WHEN THERE IS A LOT MORE NOISES OUTSIDE, CARS, PLANES, ETC. UNLESS THEY GO AT THE EXACT TIME THAT MR. DE SOUSA, THE DRIVER MADE THE 911 CALL, I COULD CLEARLY UNDERSTAND HIM ON THE 911 TAPE RECORDING. HE ALSO SAID PHIL SPECTOR HAD A GUN IN HIS HAND AND BLOOD ON HIS HAND. HE MADE AN EXCELLENT WITNESS, AND HIS WORDS "I THINK I KILLED.......", HOW CAN ANYONE THINK PHIL SPECTOR IS INNOCENT. SPECTOR HAS THE MOB LAWYER MR. CUTLER, DEFENSE LAWYER MRS. BADEN, AND HER HUSBAND A WITNESS??????????? MR. BADEN YOU SHOULD HAVE RECUSED YOURSELF,CONFLICT OF INTEREST....LEGALLY YES.
Posted by: J J Hanley | July 31, 2007 at 05:46 PM
I hope they troop the jury up to Phil's gloomy, trashy castle.....this is going to totally backfire because the Judge doesn't want anything changed from the way it was the night Lana was murdered, and the jury is going to be completely CREEPED out.
DA Alan Jackson has already addressed the issue of the fountain being made louder.
This ship is sinking - and Spector's attorney's would like nothing more than to distance themselves from this fiasco, possible on a slow boat to China to hang with Henry Lee.
Spector should have listened to Robert Shapiro and arranged to plead.
Posted by: IonaTrailer | August 01, 2007 at 07:41 AM
GREAT JOB TO THE PROSECUTORS, MR. DIXON, AND MR. JACKSON.
NOW LET US HOPE THE "G" VERDICT COME BACK, THERE IS NOT A DOUBT, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF US AGREEING WITH YOU. I HAD A WRITE UP AND SOMEHOW I LOST IT. COMPUTERS!!!
DO NOT FORGET THE NYPD RET. DETECTIVE, QUOTING SPECTOR.
A GREAT JOB JUDGE FIDLER YOU HANDLED THE COURT ROOM WITH DIGNITY. BUT WHEN CUTLER CLOSES, GOD HAVE MERCY, THE JURORS BETTER HAVE SEAT BELTS ON. REMEMBER THE GOTTI TRIAL, WELL HE WAS FOUND GUILTY. GOOD LUCK, AND THANKS TO LA TIMES.
Posted by: JJ | August 08, 2007 at 09:48 PM
TO THE PROSECUTION AND ALL READERS:
DR. LEETSMAN'S TESTIMONY WAS SO UNIMPORTANT! fROM WHAT I COMPREHEND AND READ, REGARDING SPINAL CORD INJURIES: THERE ARE 2 TYPES---1. COMPLETE 2. INCOMPLETE. MEANING IN LANA CLARKSON'S CASE,RIP, WAS WHEN SHE WAS SHOT IN THE MOUTH,IT FELL UNDER THE CLASS 1. COMPLETE, WHICH MEANS A COMPLETE INJURY, THERE IS NO FUNCTION.NO VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT. THE GUN SHOT CAUSED AN INSTANTANEOUS DEATH. ALL WHO MAY READ THIS REMEMBER MR. REEVES ACCIDENT,WHEN HE FELL OFF A HORSE....HIS SPINAL CORD INJURY WAS INCOMPLETE! HE WAS PUT ON RESPIRATORS, ETC. SO SAD, MAY HE RIP.
1. AS FOR DEPRESSION: DO YOU FIND A NEAT HOME, A PERSON WHO WENT SHOPPING THE DAY BEFORE HER DEATH, A WELL GROOMED AND ATTRACTIVE, EVEN TO THE POINT OF THE EYELASHES (FALSE), HAIR ALL STYLED TO GO TO WORK, NO DEPRESSION. NO MATTER WHAT WAS FOUND OUT ON HER COMPUTER, HER SEARCHES. HER EMAILS, PEOPLE VENT, AND THEN THEY GO TO A DIFFERENT MIND SET.
2. FORMER NYCPD, WHO WORKED FOR JOAN RIVERS, SPECTOR'S LANGUAGE WAS DEPLORABLE, DISGUSTING-BUT WHAT ELSE CAN YOU EXPECT FROM A MAN LIKE THIS......OH YES,THREATEN WOMEN, AND HE NEEDS A GUN TO DO THAT!!!!!!
3.SPECTOR'S TWIN SONS GARY,& DANTE, HE LOCKED THEM IN A ROOM THEY COULDN'T JUST HAVE A NORMAL LIFE, THEY FEARED HIM...BUT STILL WILL SAY THEY LOVE HIM-THEY MUST HAVE A GOOD HEART, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEM.
4.I TAKE DR. PENNA'S TESTIMONY.
5.I READ THERE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER WOMAN, HOW MANY MORE ARE THERE, WE WILL NEVER KNOW.
6.BACK TO SPECTOR....HE HAD TO BE TASSERED....OUT OF CONTROL, TO BAD THERE WASN'T BLOOD DRAWN, FOR ALCHOL AND DRUGS, IMMEDIATELY.
7.THANKS TO THE CAMERAMEN...I AND ALL REALLY GOT A CLOSE-UP OF SPECTOR IN COURT YESTERDAY, HAVE YOU HEARD THE EXPRESSION, "EYES ARE WINDOWS OF THE SOUL", WELL WITH THE CLOSEUP YESTERDAY, I SAW "DARKNESS, YOU CAN SAY IT ---L!!!!!
I AM TIRED OF HEARING THE "WALL OF SOUND", THERE IS A WALL HE BELONGS BEHIND, I PRAY NO OTHER PERSON HAS TO ENDURE WHAT HE HAS DONE.
8. WHEN I HEARD A REPLAY OF HIM SPEAKING THE QUOTE WAS:
"HITLERITE HENCHMEN" AND SO ON.....TALK OF TERRORISTS IN OUR COUNTRY, IT WILL BE A TRAVESTY OF OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM, IF THEY DO NOT COME UP WITH APPROPRIATE CHARGE.
9. I THANK COURT TV, AND THE LA TIMES FOR PERMITTING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND OPINIONS TO BE POSTED.
10.GOD BLESS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
I NOW LEAVE THIS SITE FOR WORK. JJ
Posted by: JJ | August 09, 2007 at 01:49 PM
GREETINGS:
NOW WE GOT DR. BADEN, 1. THE OJ SIMPSON TRIAL,2. TERRY SCHIAVO TRIAL ANY CELEB. YOU CAN MENTION. BLAKE TRIAL.
I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE RECUSED HIMSELF OR HIS WIFE RECUSE HERSELF.....WELL DR. BADEN YOU ARE AN HONORABLE MAN, YOU SAY YOU CANNOT OVERLOOK EVIDENCE, AND NOTHING LIKE AN EYE WITNESS.....WELL REMEMBER THE HUMBLE DRIVER, BLOOD ON SPECTORS HAND AND GUN IN IT.........SPECTORS WORS "I THINK I KILLED SOMEBODY". I WILL TAKE THIS HUMBLE MANS WORD. NOTHING TO GAIN FOR HIM. HE WAS JUST DOING HIS JOB, TO EARN A DECENT LIVING.
I HOPE YOUR WIFE IS IMPROVING AND WORKING ON HER SUMMATION, OR MAYBE YOU BOTH HAVE ANOTHER BOOK. STAY WELL.
JUST DO NOT LET ANOTHER OJ HAPPEN HERE. PLEASE GOD.! AMEN.
I THINK IT WILL BE SECOND DEGREE. JJ
Posted by: JJ | August 13, 2007 at 03:55 PM
A NOTE TO ALL:
MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO MRS. DONNA CLARKSON. I AM SO SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL LANA. WE ARE ALL PASSING THROUGH, AND GOD WILLING WE WILL ALL MEET OUR LOVED ONES AGAIN. I AM SO SHOCKED AT THE DEFENSE PUTTING YOU ON THE STAND, WHO KNOWS WHO WROTE THOSE LETTERS.
PHIL SPECTOR HAS A LOT TO ACCOUNT FOR!!!!!!!!!!!I I READ A BLOG THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER WOMAN THAT WAS HELD HOSTAGE, AND HER FRIEND STATED SHE HAD BRUISES ON HER FACE. IT WAS NOT IN THE GRANDVIEW HOME. IT WAS IN A FOYER, WITH LOCKED DOORS.
NOW DR. BADEN, AND MR. PLOURD-DEFENSE, CAME UP WITH LACK OF DISCOVERY TO THE PROSECUTION, AND DR. BADEN FLEW IN LAST THURSDAY. I PERSONALLY THINK HIS TESTIMONY SHOULD BE STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD=BECAUSE OF NOT HANDING OVER THE DISCOVERY EVIDENCE TO PROSECUTION. DR. BADEN I KNOW YOUR WIFE IS ILL, BUT YOU MOST CERTAINLY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A WITNESS, DUE TO YOUR WIFE BEING A PART OF THE DEFENCE. PILLOW TALK, ETC. YOU ARE A VERY RESPECTED DR. AND SHOCKED YOU WOULD TAINT YOUR REPUTATION. JUST AN OPINION.
MR. PLOURD YOU ARE VERY DISREPECTFUL IN THE COURT ROOM, YOU SIT BACK AND NEVER STAND WHEN SPEAKING TO HIS HONOR JUDGE FIDLER.
HOWEVER, MR. ROSEN YOU DO STAND AND SHOW SOME CLASS!! IN SPITE THE FACT THIS TIME I AM PRO-PROSECUTION.
GOD SPEED LA COURT ROOM, AND MAY JUSTICE BE DONE. SPECTOR DESERVES AT LEAST SOME JAIL TIME. I PRAY FOR THE JURORS, THE LITTLE SALARY THEY GET AND BADEN THOUSANDS OFDOLLARS. $$$$$$$$$$$$ I AM STILL COUNTING ON THE DRIVER MR. DE SOUSA.
RESPECTFULLY AND THANKS TO LA TIMES.
JJ
Posted by: JJ | August 14, 2007 at 01:00 PM
JJ - stop with the capital letters - it's like you're shouting.
Posted by: IonaTrailer | August 15, 2007 at 08:55 AM
Amazing JW when Spector stood up with Mr. Plourd for a demonstation and Phil Spector held his hand out as if he was pointing the gun....NO SHAKING!!! and this was for several minutes. Yes JW most all people know that drugs can cause tremors,ie, certain ones. ESPECIALLY if there is a competent MD to adise and inform them!!!
Vitroll, for those who may wonder JW was meaning caustic. Never the less Plourd asked Dr. Baden would he say that PS did not shoot Ms.Clarkson, Dr. Baden reply to the Defense was I can say 95 to 99% that Ms. Clarksons thumb print was found on the gun!!! I have a great regard for Dr. Baden. No one will ever know, and now we lose a Juror because of an Emergency. Now I am afraid of a snow balling. These Jurors have been so patient and sat for a long trial. I and others agree PS wiped the gun and I personally think the bruises on Lana's wrist came from Mr. Spector, and he was the one who got it out of the drawer to threaten her.
Now I will close, making a statement to many Drs. are too quick to write scripts. Phil Spector had to grow up with the fact that his father RIP had committed suicide, and that is traumatic for any body. But this man had such a violent history with guns according to various people. He needed seriious medical attention.
Just wait for the Jury Deliberation. This is a first for me on a opinion site.
JJ
Posted by: JJ | August 16, 2007 at 03:24 PM
A quick note to all, I think Dr. Andrews was a compelling witness! Nothing to gain here, just telling his version, which I mentioned way back about Complete or Incomplete (remember when I mentioned Christopher Reeves-Incomplete spinal cord injury). I think Dr. Baden made a mistake,my opinion.
But guess what folks we got dear old Punkin Pie according to the DEFENSE), friends like her and some others should be ashamed of themselves. THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, $$$$$$$$$$. Money the root of evil.
jj
Posted by: JJ | August 22, 2007 at 11:51 AM