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Within the next minute he says, "but it sounds like what they're actually arresting him for is murder," so then obviously my interest was piqued. >> reporter: it was a stroke of luck. anthony garcia's family had been cold calling lawyers looking for someone to defend anthony. bob motta was the first to call back. it was 2:00 a.m. california time when he got anthony garcia's brother on the phone. 30 minutes later, bob motta was retained to handle his first murder case. >> i go upstairs. i wake my wife up, who is my law partner, alison motta. and i'm, like, "we got a murder case. we gotta get up...

Been, they would have shown what jurors saw anthony garcia napping. >> he slept quite a bit during the trial. >> i'd say half the trial. you know, and how do you think that that plays off to a jury? >> reporter: the 2008 case of tom hunter and shirlee sherman was the most straightforward for the defense. >> there is no direct evidence against my client. there is no smoking gun. there is no dna. it's all pieces and they are trying to put together this puzzle. >> reporter: on the stand, none of the prosecution's eyewitnesses could i.d. anthony garcia as the man they'd seen eight years earlier. a...

Back. it was 2:00 a.m. california time when he got anthony garcia's brother on the phone. 30 minutes later, bob motta was retained to handle his first murder case. >> i go upstairs. i wake my wife up, who is my law partner, alison motta. and i'm, like, "we got a murder case. we gotta get up and go to jackson county. you gotta find a sitter for the kids." >> reporter: when anthony garcia's extradition hearing came up the next day, the mottas, mr. and mrs. were seated at the defense table. >> you are basically consenting to the authorities from nebraska to take you back to that state to deal wit...

To harm them. >> do you have any patients that are upset with you? >> not as far as i know. honestly. >> how about your wife? >> i don't know. i mean, usually not. >> reporter: everyone handles grief differently. after their youngest son was murdered in their home, the hunters seemed to want nothing more than to be left alone. >> we're kind of a private family, so we're not too keen on talking with media. >> reporter: on the other hand the family of shirlee sherman, the other dundee victim, desperately wanted to keep the case in the public eye. >> we wanted the publicity. >> you really wanted ...

>> reporter: it was a quote similar to one in shakespeare's play "the merchant of venice." >> if you harm me, shall i not revenge? >> not often does "the merchant of venice" come up in a murder trial. >> never before in my career, yeah. >> but that's your motive. >> sums up the case. that's our motive. yeah. >> reporter: they argued that garcia killed because he was angry about his termination from creighton and that it prevented him from being accepted into other programs to which he later applied. >> as he continues to try and have some sort of a career, it follows him. every time he tried t...