Criminal
Jan. 22, 2009
'Anti-Authoritarian' San Francisco Lawyer Heads Up Spector's Case
In contrast to the sometimes-unwieldy team of five lawyers Phil Spector had for his first murder trial, Doron Weinberg - along with fellow San Franciscan Dennis Riordan - is heading the retrial.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - In a downtown Los Angeles courtroom last fall, defense attorney Doron Weinberg waited patiently while prosecutor Alan Jackson argued forcefully against an early mistrial declaration in Phil Spector's retrial on murder charges. In his opening statement, Jackson had said the eccentric music producer showed a "pattern" of violence toward women. After Weinberg asked for a mistrial, Jackson tol...
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