and i think what the father's argument was, that he had spent all this quality time with coop where he was strapping him in, actually goes against him. because that means that he had a meaningful interaction with his son less than a minute prior to that. >> richard, you've been a consultant for the defense in some big cases, like the casey anthony trial. as we start to see the prosecution here sort of laying out its case, even though this was just a probable cause hearing, do you see anything or hear anything that they presented as being sort of a slam dunk for prosecutors or insurmountable for the defense? >> well, let's not make any mistake, the trial has actually already begun. jurors and prospective jurors that will eventually be called are hearing this. obviously at a lot of volume right now. i don't see a slam dunk. in fact, some of this pretrial publicity and some of this stuff could actually work against the prosecutors. they have to be real careful, especially with the motive and the texting and sexting evidence.