Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           GeorgeHarding,CorneliaWilbur,StellaKarolinandDavidCaul,andPsychologistDorothyTurner,allagreeingthattherewas"areasonablemedicalcertainty"that

           BillyMilliganhadbeenamentallyillmultiplepersonalitywhentheroadside-restassaultsandtheGrayDrugStorerobberywerecommittedinDecember1974andJanuary1975.Theyagreedthathehadprobablynotbeenable,atthattime,toassisthisattorney,GeorgeKellner,inhisowndefense.

           TheFairfieldCountyprosecutor,Mr.Luse,calledonlyDr.HaroldT.Brown,whostatedonthewitnessstandthathehadtreatedBillyattheageoffifteenandhadhimsenttotheColumbusStateHospitalforthreemonths.Hewould,hesaid,inthelightofcurrentknowledge,havechangedhisdiagnosisfromhystericalneurosiswithpassive-aggressivefeaturestoanewdiagnosisofdissociativedisorderwithpossiblemultiplepersonality.However,Browntoldthecourt,hehadbeensentbytheprosecutingattorneytointerviewBillyinAthens,andduringthatvisit,BillyMilliganseemedtohaveknowledgeoftheactshehadcommitted.BrownsaidMilliganwasprobablynotreallyamultiplepersonality,sincemultiplepersonalitieswerenotsupposedtohaveknowledgeoftheactionsofthealteregos.

           Whentheyleftthecourtroom,GoldsberryandThompsonwereoptimisticandBillywaselated.HewassureJudgeJacksonwouldtakethetestimonyoffourhighlyregardedpsychiatristsandapsychologistoverthetestimonyofDr.Brown.