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Cocked. and not cocked. >> i did the similar thing with a similar gun and the help of expert jay jarvis. >> so, hardest thing may be cocking the gun. that requires a lot of effort. >> yes. >> once its cocked -- firing it, somewhat easy. >> very easy. >> firing it uncocked, requires more effort. >> yeah. about six times the effort. >> so the obvious question -- was texs gun cocked or not? >> we felt if it was cocked, then, yeah. it could have fairly been easily been done by accident. >> the jury ...

Heartbreaking. >> dianes company put her picture up on their landmark tower in atlanta. all the while, police were trying to figure out what exactly had happened in that car that night. three days after the shooting, tex and his attorney steve maples went to answer their questions. maples offered a preview. >> his only recollection is he had the -- the brown paper bag -- i mean, plastic bag and hes holding it down like this. and he said, he didnt play with the hammer and he didnt pull it >> this...

There were probably 150 to 200 people in line to get into the building. >> so the notoriety helped. >> the notoriety definitely affected the sale, yeah. >> did you tell him that unloading all of dianes stuff so soon after she died would be seen by some people as sort of callous? >> no, and i dont think it was callous. >> and more than that, texs sister dixie says, it was necessary. diane was wealthy by any standard, but her estate was cash poor. selling her belongings raised money for dianes beq...

>> so the notoriety helped. >> the notoriety definitely affected the sale, yeah. >> did you tell him that unloading all of dianes stuff so soon after she died would be seen by some people as sort of callous? >> no, and i dont think it was callous. >> and more than that, texs sister dixie says, it was necessary. diane was wealthy by any standard, but her estate was cash poor. selling her belongings raised money for dianes bequests. >> she left money to people that she didnt have. so the estate at...

>> what was it like to break that news to people at the office? >> it was -- it was heartbreaking. >> dianes company put her picture up on their landmark tower in atlanta. all the while, police were trying to figure out what exactly had happened in that car that night. three days after the shooting, tex and his attorney steve maples went to answer their questions. maples offered a preview. >> his only recollection is he had the -- the brown paper bag -- i mean, plastic bag and hes holding it dow...

In line to get into the building. >> so the notoriety helped. >> the notoriety definitely affected the sale, yeah. >> did you tell him that unloading all of dianes stuff so soon after she died would be seen by some people as sort of callous? >> no, and i dont think it was callous. >> and more than that, texs sister dixie says, it was necessary. diane was wealthy by any standard, but her estate was cash poor. selling her belongings raised money for dianes bequests. >> she left money to people tha...

Tower in atlanta. all the while, police were trying to figure out what exactly had happened in that car that night. three days after the shooting, tex and his attorney steve maples went to answer their questions. maples offered a preview. >> his only recollection is he had the -- the brown paper bag -- i mean, plastic bag and hes holding it down like this. and he said he didnt play with the hammer and he didnt pull it back to full coke. >> this is texs attorney saying the gun wasnt cocked. youll...

Cocking the gun, it requires a lot of effort. once it is cocked is somewhat easy. firing it uncocked require morse effort. >> about six times the effort. >> the obvious question, was texs gun cocked or not? >> if it was, then it could fairly easily been done on accident. >> the jury again asked to see the video from the texas police interview. steve mabl, texas attorney answered the question. >> he didnt play with the hammer. >> the only evidence they could find that the gun would not cock, came...