gonna talk. >> curtis lovelace was putting his hands in the hands of john would. his new attorney to come the defense for free, had more than 20 years of experience, just not a criminal law. >> was this your first murder trial? >> it was. i did a battery colonel defense case right at a lot of school, other than that this case when i first criminal defense case. >> curtis was taken a huge gamble. on the other hand, since he was broke, he didn't have a lot of options. >> cory died of massive liver disease. >> it is opening remarks, he said the state hadn't presented every evidence of murder for a reason, there was no murder. >> all the medical evidence in this case is going to prove to you that she thought of his -- >> one of the defenses key goals was to debunk that