LawFuel – Law News Wire – The judge in music producer Phil Spector’s murder trial ruled on Wednesday that famed criminologist Henry Lee recovered possible evidence from the crime scene that he hid from prosecutors.
Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler, who made the finding after convening a special six-day hearing into accusations of evidence-tampering in the sensational case, declined to hold Lee in contempt.
But Fidler said Lee’s denials under oath that he withheld evidence were not credible and ruled that, if the renowned criminologist testifies for the defense, prosecutors can raise the issue of the missing evidence — possibly a piece of the deceased’s fingernail — before jurors.
