proceeded. circumstantial cases allow you to be creative. you can take a set of facts and weave a story together for the thi theory of prosecution. shawn smoot insisted he was innocent, cycled through five different defense attorneys and the trial was delayed again and again. it was surreal. really, you know, it had been reset 22 times. 22 times. that s torture. it is. it is torture. the trial finally started in july, 2016, nearly five years after brooke died. robert jolly, smoot s fifth attorney, believed the state s case was weak for one simple reason. i don t think that they did a very thorough investigation of anyone other than mr. smoot, even his investigation wasn t thorough. jolly told the jury how