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Britney Spears driver's license trial nears end

(Agencies)
2008-10-17 15:56

Britney Spears accepts the award for Best Pop Video for "Piece of Me" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles September 7, 2008.[Agencies]

Britney Spears avoided court on Thursday, but in her absence her attorney told jurors the pop star calls Louisiana home and should be cleared of a charge of driving without a California license.

Spears' attorney, J. Michael Flanagan, told a Los Angeles jury that the case turned on defining the singer's real home.

"She was residing in California -- I'm not trying to get tricky with the terminology -- but 'resident' has a different definition," Flanagan told jurors.

Prosecutors from the city of Los Angeles argued that Spears, 26, lived in California since May 2006. They say Spears should have had a license from the state in August 2007, when she hit another car in a Los Angeles parking lot while being trailed by photographers.