New coroner assigned to Ashley Smith Inquest
Posted Jun 29, 2011 07:16:17 PM.
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A new coroner has been appointed to preside over the inquest into the death of Ashley Smith.
Dr. John Carlisle has been assigned to take the spot of Dr. Bonita Porter, who is set to retire in November.
The coroner’s inquest into her death started on May 16 and heard just three days of evidence before being adjourned.
It was first adjourned indefinitely and then until September.
Lawyers for the Smith family had been pressing Porter to make the inquest more open and accessible to the public.