article_snippet: The aftermath of the sensational 2003 trial of the scion of a New York real estate empire in many ways upended the life of the 54-year-old Galveston County-born lawyer who presided over Durst case.
article_snippet: Durst admitted at trial that Durst killed neighbor Morris Black in Galveston and chopped up the body.
article_snippet: Durst had already been acquitted after his attorneys argued that he killed neighbor Morris Black in Galveston and chopped up the bodyMorris Black .
article_snippet: The emotions came rushing back when Durst -- the focus of HBO's true crime documentary series "The Jinx" -- was charged with first-degree murder this week in the 2000 killing of his longtime confidante, Susan Berman.
article_snippet: The last time Durst was accused of murder was in Galveston.
article_snippet: Though his was acquitted in Berman's death, Durst later served nine months in prison on felony weapons charges stemming from that case.
highlights_snippet: Former Texas judge says Durst case "affected me in many, many ways"
  Durst is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Former Texas judge longtime friend in 2000 .