Update from Beth Karas- Judge polls jury over instruction confusion
- Special report: The Phil Spector case
- Prosecution opening: 'The real Phillip Spector'
- Defense opening: Police 'had murder on their mind'
- Full list of video highlights
- Jury Questions
A list of questions jurors gave a judge when they toured Phil Spector's California home. - The Madam's Black Book
A page from Jody "Babydol" Gibson's little black book allegedly showing Lana Clarkson's name. - Driver's Calls for Help
Spector's substitute chauffeur, Adriano DeSouza, placed two calls for help immediately after Lana Clarkson was shot. - Lana Clarkson's E-mails
Lana Clarkson wrote to friends about her struggle to make ends meet as an actress in the weeks before her mysterious death. - Civil Deposition
This civil deposition of Phil Spector in a suit against former lawyer Robert Shapiro could be used against the music legend in his murder trial. (PDF) - Booking Record
This police department document features Spector's mugshot. - Complaint
Spector was charged with one count of murder for the death of Lana Clarkson. - Police Report
This supplemental report by one of the officers on the scene contains a narrative. - First Statement
This transcript reflects the statement given by Spector to police at the mogul's house the night of the shooting. - Stationhouse Statement
In a profanity-filled statement, Spector charges that the victim had no right to come to his "castle" and "blow her f---ing head open."
LOS ANGELES — Lab tests found DNA consistent with Phil Spector on the wrists of an actress shot to death in his home, a criminalist testified Monday at Spector's murder trial.
Forensic scientist Steve Renteria of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told jurors he found Spector's genetic profile in two spots on Lana Clarkson's left wrist and in one spot on her right.
Prosecutors claim Spector was trying to force the 40-year-old actress to remain at his
Spector, 67, faces a possible sentence of 15 years to life in prison if he is convicted of murder.
Renteria told jurors that other DNA tests indicated Spector and Clarkson were sharing drinks from two brandy snifters found near the death scene. DNA consistent with a mixture of their genetic profiles was found on the rims of both glasses.
Renteria helped collect evidence from Spector's mansion and later performed DNA tests on a number of items, including swabs of the bullets in the .38-caliber revolver that killed Clarkson.
In her opening statement, a defense attorney said authorities had tested the bullets to try to determine who loaded the gun. The results showed DNA from Clarkson and a second person, but not Spector, she said.
Renteria, however, told jurors that he never tested the top of the bullets. He said he only swabbed the tips of the bullets, which faced Clarkson's mouth when the gun was discharged. The tips, Renteria said, showed Clarkson's DNA and the "foreign" sample.
Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson questioned Renteria about the location of blood in the foyer of Spector's mansion, the location of the shooting. Renteria said there was a streak of Clarkson's blood on the hand rail of a stairway leading to the second floor. Prosecutors have said Spector went upstairs to remove his bloody dinner jacket after the shooting.
Spector's defense maintains that he was across the room near the stairway when Clarkson took her own life. Defense expert Dr. Henry Lee is expected to testify that the blast from the gun could have propelled Clarkson's blood more than 6 feet, accounting for blood spatter on Spector's jacket sleeve.
Renteria testified that Luminol tests of the carpet and walls between Clarkson and the staircase showed no blood spatter.
"Had there been blood spray that went as far as that wood paneled wall ... would Luminol have detected it?"
"Yes," Renteria replied.
The criminalist's testimony continues Monday afternoon.
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