the courtroom, kept on shaking her head no. his father almost folded on to himself in a state of disbelief. the courtroom was absolutely packed. but i will say that most courtroom observers that have been following this days day in and day out with me were very, very surprised at this verdict. >> so, sunny, when you break those charges down, the conspiracy itself was about rape and kidnap and murder. and so, a guilt verdict, with all of that, notwithstanding the accessing of the police database, that guilty verdict, this is a potential life sentence, isn't it? >> reporter: that's right. he is facing life in prison on the first count on that conspiracy count. the second count exposes him up to five years in prison. now, this say former new york city police officer with no criminal history. and, so, in federal court, i suspect that he won't get life in prison. but you just don't know. these are very serious champs.