Working from the microfilmed court papers and the microfilmed docket entries, I put together a procedural history of the case:
https://chaseplace.wordpress.com/proceduralhistory/
I included the name of the victim (Kathy Shelton) because she recently went public. (I do not doubt that she was the victim of a crime.)
My next post will discuss the events that gave rise to the prosecution. I rely primarily on the article Glenn Thrush wrote for Newsday in 2008. It is the most cohesive narrative I have found:
http://tinyurl.com/ThrushSinglePage
There are references in the court papers to a statement made by Taylor when he was arrested. The Thrush account indicates that Taylor, in that statement, denied any wrongdoing but placed himself in the company of the victim — and the two other witnesses she identified — close to the time of the offense.
Stay tuned …
I am wondering if you found any information as to the Judge in this case, telling Hillary Rodham that she couldn’t be present during a part of trial, because he had never discussed a rape case in front of a woman? I believe that bit of information was in the news at that time? Thank you for your efforts in breaking down the facts and data at the time!
I looked for news coverage of this case, and only found a small item reporting the arrests and a small item about Taylor’s plea and sentence. No mention of what you describe. Sounds to me like this judge considered a female lawyer to be a novelty.