Jury selection for the previously reported Phil Spector murder trial is due to resume next week, but in the meantime, lawyers are arguing over whether details pertaining to alleged murder victim Lana Clarkson's state of mind can be admitted as evidence in the case. Lawyers for the music producer claim that Clarkson was depressed at the time of her death, due to concerns about her finances and career.
Spector, of course, denies murdering Clarkson, who was killed by a single gunshot to the head at the producer's LA home in 2003, and the new evidence will presumably support Spector's contention that the shooting was "self-inflicted". Prosecutors object to the admission of the evidence, however, as they believe it will allow the defence to attack "the character of victim Lana Clarkson by painting her as the kind of person who might kill herself".
Jury selection resumes next week, with the trial expected to begin around the end of the month.