just went on your merry way -- >> my involvement was -- is just the citizen driving up the road stopping to check on somebody that morning, you know? >> had the deputy's instinct not pushed him to seize david's car? he probably would have been caught, eventually. but -- what do you think about this now, when you look back on it? >> thankful. very thankful for that i, one, trusted my gut, because we're trained do to that from day one. because it's the only thing you really got to back yourself up on, calls when you're by yourself. >> sure. if somebody seems a little hinky, maybe he is. >> yeah. maybe you just need to investigate it further. it's not prying, it's trying to figure out if there's something more to the story than what you're hearing. and a lot of the times when you trust your gut, it's right. >> david moffitt is appealing his conviction, and neither he nor his attorney agreed to be