he was a no nonsense judge. he was actually a very conservative judge, throw the book at them kind of judge. there was a prosecutor in the courtroom, and judge serica felt early on that he wasn t pursuing the idea that this went higher than these five burglars. he couldn t believe that the prosecution was so inept. why was it being cut off at the burglar level? why wasn t it going higher? earl sillberg, who was the chief prosecutor u.s. attorney had a philosophy that if you re going go after the higher up, the higher up they are, the more you are to have them by the balls, and did not feel that they had enough of it. and he kept saying to the prosecutor, you re not asking about the higher ups. what about the higher ups? the judge. so he start to question the