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i m not driving down there for a dui. within the next minute he says, but it sounds like what they re actually arresting him for is murder, so then obviously my interest was piqued. it was a stroke of luck. anthony garcia s family had been cold calling lawyers looking for someone to defend anthony. bob motta was the first to call back. it was 2:00 a.m. california time when he got anthony garcia s brother on the phone. 30 minutes later, bob motta was retained to handle his first murder case. i go upstairs. i wake my wife up, who is my law partner, alison motta. and i m, like, we got a murder case. we gotta get up and go to jackson county. you gotta find a sitter for the kids. when anthony garcia s extradition hearing came up the next day, the mottas, mr. and mrs. were seated at the defense table.
selection, alison motta says to us and to two local tv stations, we have dna tests that prove that our guy was not at the hunter-sherman scene. alison motta spoke with wowt-tv via skype. their physical evidence and their dna evidence establishes undeniably, unmistakably, and without doubt, those murders were committed by two people and not anthony garcia. the claim was based on what the mottas believed to be a potential match between some unidentified dna found on shirlee sherman s bandana and some dna taken from a suspect in another case. they are taking alleles from dna, bits and pieces, and coming up with a theory that never made it to trial, but she throws it
unthinkable. if convicted of murdering four people, dr. anthony garcia, now 40 years old, faced the death penalty. his alleged motive, revenge for getting bad job recommendations. coming up i woke my wife up. we ve got a murder case. we ve got to to go to jackson county. we ve got to find a sitter for the kids. a husband-and-wife defense team. big city lawyers with a few big surprises. there were so many other people with mean, motive and opportunity that could have committed this crime. when dateline continues.
sometimes justice is not what happens in a courtroom but rather what comes out of it. on the day lawyers finished their closing arguments in the anthony garcia murder case, a lot of people showed up to see what kind of justice would come out of courtroom 316. among those waiting were the families of tom hunter, of shirlee sherman, and, yes, of anthony garcia. it was late afternoon when the jury got the case. then the waiting began. huddled on benches outside the courtroom were reporters and spectators, the family and friends of the victims. prosecutors retreated to their offices for what they hoped would be a short wait. but the defense was ready to