you going to is sentence me? is that what you going to do? >> march 2, 2009 in vancouver washington and matthew hastings is about to be sentenced for murder. the prosecution is seeking 120 years and apparently hastings feels at this point he has little left to lose. >> just get on with the. >> shut your damn mouth, sir. >> i'm not going to shut my he mouth. >> it was a high profile trial here. he had shot and almost killed a police officer. >> in early 2009 hastings is convicted of six counts of attempted homicide and possession of firearms. charles buckley is his defense attorney. >> he suffers from a number of mental issues therefore combining his mental health issues with the pressure of being sentenced he clearly was on edge. >> and things were about to set him off even more. hastings sees several deputies from the scene of his crime in the courtroom.