I wonder if HKS talked privately to Seidlin one evening after being appointed as judge for this trial...we know now that Seidlin had the habit of taking nice stuff for doing a favor, Gucci bag for wife, wasn’t it? Anyway, with HKS’s connections and Seidlin’s ambition, it isn’t stretching things to say HKS may have offered him a connection to a TV producer or two. And the hearing, publicized nationally, was his audition. Thus, Seidlin hammed it up, delayed, made a memorable impression, not boring that’s for sure. When have you ever heard of a ME calling up to say, “Hurry up, the body is disintegrating”? The whole thing from beginning to end was extraordinary.
Sod made an interesting point about Milstein being a gay adoption specialist. If Larry really is gay, then Milstein would favor Larry over Virgie. Red state thinking vs. blue state thinking. And I do think LB is a gay who can swing when he wants to.
Feb 20th, ‘07 - a phone call from Dr. Joshua Perper, the county’s chief medical examiner and the doctor who conducted Smith’s autopsy, interrupted the hearing’s afternoon session to inform the parties that, despite being embalmed over the weekend, Smith’s remains are deteriorating much more rapidly than expected.
Perper noted that Smith’s appearance, particularly in her face, has become discolored and he recommended that any viewing service take place by Saturday at the latest.
Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin, who initially planned on taking up to three weeks to determine Smith’s next of kin, said he would now aim to rule on the case by Friday.
“Time is of the essence,” he said. “I’m running out of clock.”
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