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Pete's first day on the stand. >> he said you're a murderer, aren't you, mr. moore? >> reporter: coming up the defense says it was pete who had the motive. >> peter is the one who has indicated, i've been in landscaping for 20 years, i'm broken down, i want to be in the farming operation. what better way to take out roberto and to take out paul? if you have moderate to thsevere rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion.

Irresistible catnip for paul's defense attorney. pete's first day on the stand. >> he said you're a murderer, aren't you, mr. moore? >> the defense points the finger at pete who they say has the motive to kill one man and implicate another. a master plan that would give him everything he wanted. coming up -- >> peter is the one who has indicated, i've been in landscaping for 20 years. i've broken down. i want to be in the farming operation. what better way to take out roberto and to take out paul? >> "when family business" continues. ily business" continues. ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪...

Arrested, his defense asked an obvious question. what if the cops' first instinct was correct? what if pete did it? peter has animosity toward roberto. peter has made threats to roberto. peter is the one that wants in to the farming operation. >> reporter: linda parisi, paul moore's attorney, presented in court a mirror image of the state's case acknowledging that one cousin was out to frame the other, only in her version of the story paul was the stooge and peter the mastermind. >> peter is the one who has indicated, i've been in landscaping for 20 years. i'm tired. i'm broken down. i want to...

>> peter is the one who has indicated, i've been in landscaping for 20 years. i'm tired. i'm broken down. i want to be in the farming operation. what better way to take out roberto and to take out paul? >> to counter that argument the prosecution was forced to call pete as a witness, knowing that would make him a punching bag for parisi. >> she told me, you're a murderer aren't you, mr. moore? i said those are your words not mine. >> she thought she could, by grilling peter, uncover the evil, the monster. >> reporter: assistant attorney general david drewliner was there during the trial. >> i ...

Keith morrison (voiceover): in the months following roberto ayala's murder, investigators suspected in the months following roberto ayala's murder, investigators suspect that peter moore was the bomber and built a case against him. so when peter's cousin paul was arrested, his defense asked an obvious question. what if the cops' first instinct was correct? what if pete did it? peter has animosity toward roberto. peter has made threats to roberto. peter is the one that wants in to the farming operation. >> reporter: linda parisi paul moore's attorney presented in court a mirror image of the s...