Phil Spector was convicted in 2009 of second degree murder of actress Lana Clarkson. She was found dead in his home after a night of drinking with him. Five other women testified that Spector liked to play a terrifying game of Russian roulette and that Lana was the sixth and final person to play.

Spector was found guilty even though his lawyers argued that she had died at her own hand due to severe depression mixed with alcohol.

Spector and his attorney’s are now asking for a new trial stating that the judge made a mistake in allowing the testimonies of the five women and the fact that the prosecuting attorneys used the word ‘pattern’ forty times in the summations alone. They feel that swayed the jury to think the man was careless with the lives of women when nothing of the sort was ever proved.

“Asserting that a defendant has a ‘pattern’ of violent conduct is indistinguishable from arguing that he or she has a propensity or character trait for violence,” the attorneys wrote.

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