What the fuck is Heilberg doing lol. It's like he managed to pull this insane move that nobody saw coming during the hearing and now he's gone back to ignoring Chris. I assume there's things going on that we don't know because of the sealed records, but you'd think the case would have more developments than "let's wait for a year".
I bet he is sick of Chris. I bet Chris is the first person that he's ever worked with that is so obstinate and just not caring about the trouble they're in, and actively works against his own lawyer for the dumbest of reasons. From what we know, Chris probably blabbed about everything to the police, or the investigators, etc... I guarantee those letters of Chris wanting Barb kicked out or to die made their way to the investigating authorities, and while they most likely can't be used as evidence, they sure can shed light on Chris being not remorseful for what he did. Chris coming up with "defenses" in his competency stint at Western just showed this non remorse even still, with Chris stating that no, it was his victim's fault because she "groomed" him for years, and was very abusive.
The sealed records could be because they might put Heilberg in a bad light since all his skills and lawyering have no effect on a non-insane, high functioning retarded man. Sure, they could show that Heilberg tried to help, but at the end of the day, it didn't work on Chris, which would indicate Heilberg is a bad lawyer. Good lawyers help their clients and get them the best defense possible, but with Chris, that ain't happening.
It's one thing if Chris was legitimately insane, and Heilberg can ship him out to the nut house and be done with it, but since Chris isn't, he's just a low IQ man that likes to talk about imaginary stuff, Heilberg actually has to do a lot of work.
Shipping Chris off to a year long "evaluation" is probably a last ditch effort to see if Chris really has True and Honest problems, and if Chris comes out without any issues, then it's felony incest charges at probably a prison stint. The only thing Heilberg had going for him was if Chris was legitimately insane, but he's not, he's just an egotistical man child who couldn't give two shits about what he did.