Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           TheTeachersat,inhandcuffs,betweenhisattorneys.Inadditiontotheattorneys,onlyDorothy,DelMooreandthewriterwereadmittedasobserversbythecourt.AlsopresentwereJamesO’Grady,assistantprosecutorforFranklinCounty,WilliamJanHans,arepresentativeoftheOhioAdultParoleAuthority,andAnnHenldner,anattorneyobserverforSouthwestCommunityMentalHealthCenterinColumbus.

           JudgeDavidR.Kinworthy,aclean-shaven,handsomeyoungmanwithsharplychiseledfeatures,reviewedthehistoryofcommitmenthearingsfromDecember4,1978,whenMilliganhadbeenfoundnotguiltybyreasonofinsanity,throughthevariousre-commitments,tothepresentday,almostoneyearlater.Thehearing,Kinworthysaid,wasbeingheldinaccordancewiththestatutesoftheOhioRevisedCode,paragraph5122,section15.

           AssistantAttorneyGeneralBelinkysmotionforseparationofwitnesseswasgranted.AttorneySteveThompsonsmotionforthecourttoreturnBillyMilligantoAthens,consideringtheproceduraldefectsinthetransfertoLima,wasdenied.

           Withpreliminarymotionsover,thecommitmentreviewhearingsbegan.

           Thefirstwitnessforthestatewassixty-five-year-oldDr.FrederickMilkie,ashort,fatpsychiatristwithbaggypantsandabaggysweater.Hisdarkhairwasslickeddown,andhewaddledfromthetablebesideBelinky(fromwhichhewouldlaterserveasthestatestechnicalconsultant)tothewitnessstand.

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