curtis lovelace was putting his hands in the life of his new attorney who took on the defense for free, had more than 20 years of experience, just not in criminal law. trial? was this your first murder trial? it was. i did a battery criminal defense case right out of law case. other than that, this is basically my first criminal ot than that, this was my first criminal defense case. curtis was taking a huge gamble. on the other hand, since he was broke, he didn t have a lot of options. cory died of massive bruises. in his opening remarks they said they hadn t presented any evidence of murder for a reason. there was no murder. all of the medical evidence proves that she died as a result of an acute sudden onset of alcoholism. they had to debunk his ex. once we finished talking and i had taken my notes and one of the first defense witnesses was major larry holton
before. you said the two of you went to bed together? yeah, i i believe we did. you know, it s been a long time. i guess it s possible i would have left, slept on a couch or something. you said you took the kids to school? again, i believe i did. it s been so long. ironically he didn t remember a whole lot about that day. reporter: couldn t even remember whether he in fact, took the kids to school that day? right. i just would have thought that finding your wife dead in bed would have left more of an impression on ya. reporter: to the detective, curtis was trying to look helpful without really being so. gibson cut to the chase. did you smother cory with a pillow? no, i did not. reporter: did you and cory have a bad argument, curt? did it get out of hand? did you snap and then put a pillow over her nose and mouth and suffocate her? no.
you said the two of you went to bed together? yeah, i i believe we did. you know, it s been a long time i guess it s possible i would have left, slept on a couch or something. you said you took the kids to school? again, i believe i did. it s been so long. ironically he didn t remember a whole lot about that day. reporter: couldn t even remember whether he in fact, took the kids to school that day? right. i just would have thought that finding your wife dead in bed would have left more of an impression on you. reporter: to the detective, curtis was trying to look helpful without really being so. gibson cut to the chase. did you smother cory with a pillow? no, i did not. reporter: did you and cory have a bad argument, curt? did it get out of hand? did you snap and then put a pillow over her nose and mouth and suffocate her? no. no, i there there were no