Lively judge mediates Smith body battle
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There were angry attacks at times, resounding laughter at others and a standing-room only audience.
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A gruesome murder and an influential defendant make for a riveting courtroom drama
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In most courtrooms, even the most notorious defendant can count on a few basic rights. In Judge Henry R. Bauer&#39;s courtroom in Troy, NY, however, that was not always possible, the state&#39;s highest court found yesterday.
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A Florida judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by a former boyfriend of late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith to have a Florida court decide a paternity fight over Smith's 5-month-old baby daughter, Dannielynn.
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Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mother asked a Florida appeals court on Monday to overturn last week's court ruling that would allow the burial of the former Playboy Playmate in the Bahamas.
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NASSAU, Bahamas  - Anna Nicole Smith tried   frantically to revive her 20-year-old son even after he had   been pronounced dead by officials at the Bahamas hospital where   the former Playboy centerfold had given just days before, her   attorney said on Wednesday.
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With the bitterly contested question of where to bury Anna Nicole Smith settled &#151; at least for the moment &#151; the melodramatic court fight shifted Friday to who gets custody of the former Playboy Playmate's baby, who could inherit millions.
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Anna Nicole Smith's mother said Tuesday that she hopes an inquest into the death of her 20-year-old grandson will lead to justice as a Nassau court selected a jury to hear the case.
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Justice is blind and so are some judges &#151; at least in sports.
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One of the most agonising dilemmas ever to come before a judge - whether a baby should live or die - was outlined starkly and emotively in the high court yesterday.
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Warned by the judge that tears could trigger a mistrial, a mother was stoic in front of a Floriday jury Tuesday as she relived the day she discovered the bloodied bodies of her children. The warning came after Nicoletta Dosso broke down while the jury was out of the courtroom.
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Legal experts predict Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, will have a tough time winning custody of her baby when the case moves to the Supreme Court of the Bahamas on Monday.
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A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday  lifted an order that kept Anna Nicole Smith's body from being  buried, saying that DNA required for a legal battle over her  baby daughter had already been obtained.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A Florida judge on Thursday ordered that the body of former Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith be handed into the custody of the court-appointed guardian of her 5-month-old baby daughter, sidestepping a ruling on her burial.
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Anna Nicole Smith &#151; dressed in a designer gown, her coffin covered in a pink rhinestone-studded blanket &#151; was buried in an extravagant funeral, but the fight over her baby and a potential large inheritance remains.
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He laughed. He cried. He did Catskills stand-up shtick. The judge who presided, if you can call it that, over the Anna Nicole Smith case.
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Walter R. Smithâs identity as a psychologically injured veteran shaped the way his murder of the mother of his children was handled.