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Dr. Henry Lee was working for the defense on the Phil Spector murder trial. He was accused of hiding incriminating evidence by the Judge:
Judge in Spector trial rules defense expert Dr. Henry Lee hid or destroyed evidence
By Harriet Ryan
Court TV
LOS ANGELES The judge in the Phil Spector murder trial said Wednesday that he had concluded Dr. Henry Lee, a defense expert and one of the country's most famous forensic scientists, hid or destroyed a piece of evidence from the scene of an actress's shooting.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler said Spector's defense can still call Lee as a witness, but prosecutors will be permitted to present evidence to the jury that Lee found potentially important evidence and failed to turn it over to the prosecution as the law requires.
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In his ruling, Fidler indicated that he believed Lee had lied under oath. He specifically cited the conflict between Lee's testimony that he had never collected the item in question and the account of a former defense attorney, Sara Caplan, who said she saw him place such an object in a clear vial.
The judge acknowledged that Lee was a "world-renowned expert," but said he found Caplan "very credible."
"If I have to choose between the two, I am going to choose Ms. Caplan, is more credible than Dr. Lee," he said, adding, "Dr. Lee has a lot to lose if this turns out to be true."
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http://www.courttv.com/trials/spector/052307_ctv.html
Judge in Spector trial rules defense expert Dr. Henry Lee hid or destroyed evidence
By Harriet Ryan
Court TV
LOS ANGELES The judge in the Phil Spector murder trial said Wednesday that he had concluded Dr. Henry Lee, a defense expert and one of the country's most famous forensic scientists, hid or destroyed a piece of evidence from the scene of an actress's shooting.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler said Spector's defense can still call Lee as a witness, but prosecutors will be permitted to present evidence to the jury that Lee found potentially important evidence and failed to turn it over to the prosecution as the law requires.
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In his ruling, Fidler indicated that he believed Lee had lied under oath. He specifically cited the conflict between Lee's testimony that he had never collected the item in question and the account of a former defense attorney, Sara Caplan, who said she saw him place such an object in a clear vial.
The judge acknowledged that Lee was a "world-renowned expert," but said he found Caplan "very credible."
"If I have to choose between the two, I am going to choose Ms. Caplan, is more credible than Dr. Lee," he said, adding, "Dr. Lee has a lot to lose if this turns out to be true."
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http://www.courttv.com/trials/spector/052307_ctv.html