help she needed. the defense called emily's mother to the stand to show that detox at her house was, at best, amateur hour. >> you have no certificate or any license? >> no, i don't. >> are you telling this jury that you know all the subtleties of withdrawal? >> absolutely not. >> kutmus tried to cast doubt on the claim that emily had gotten completely clean before she died. >> were you in denial at that time about your daughter's -- >> absolutely not. >> to drive home that point, the defense called witnesses who say they saw signs emily was still abusing those pain pills and alcohol in the weeks before she died. one of them was alex's mother. >> she was argumentative. agitated. and she didn't really seem to comprehend sometimes what we were talking about. >> signs, the defense said, that are evident in this video.