In the season finale for the year 2001

"It's Not Just a Word" (Part One)

Episode number: 321

Original airdate: March 18, 2001.

At the start of the two part episode M.E.'S learns that her uncle has just died, less than 5 minutes later she hears of a death at a basketball game. That night, someone is charged with that murder. On the day her uncle is buried, they have gone to trial and a jury has been picked. Now this is the fastest justice system I have ever seen, or this man's burial was VERY long. They could have fixed this easily by having him buried BEFORE the trial or die and be buried during the trial. Why this silly time line error?