Court upholds the conviction for murder Spector (AFP)

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - a Monday California appellate court upheld the conviction of legendary music producer Phil Spector, imprisoned for the murder of an actress in his Los Angeles mansion in 2003 two years ago.

A panel of three justices of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal dismissed a request that the trial jury should not have heard testimony from five women on incidents related to the firearm involving Spector.

"The evidence demonstrates that, when fueled by alcohol and faced a lack or loss of control on a woman who was the only one with him and that he had a romantic or sexual interest, Spector has suffered a swing of mood sharp"they said."".

In addition, Spector, now 71, "exposes the anger extreme and threatened the woman with a gun, when she refused to make its tender, said an 81-page decision by the judge President Joan d. Klein and two other judges."

The judges concluded that the evidence was "qualified to prove that the cause of the death of Clarkson (Lana) had been an accident or a suicide."

The Superior Court of Los Angeles has sentenced Spector to 19 years in prison to life imprisonment in May 2009 for the murder of Lana Clarkson, 2003, known for his role in the 1985 cult film "the barbarian Queen."

Clarkson, 40, was found collapsed in a chair with a bullet to the head in the Spector Castle as February 3, 2003, hours after his meeting with the producer for the first time in the nightclub where she worked.

Spector, who created the famous "Wall of Sound" technical recording during the 1960s, is not eligible for parole until 2028, and if he is not released then, then under the California law his sentence will become life.

Spector is regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of pop music. In the 1960s, he scored hits, including "Da doo Ron Ron," "Be my Baby, Baby" and "you have lost this Lovine feelin'." "

But in his two murder trials, prosecutors said Spector, who was famous for his work with the Beatles, Tina Turner, The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes and The Ramones, has a more sinister side.

Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson painted a picture of the icon of the music as an eccentric crack gun with a "history of violence" against women who tried to leave.