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>> the judge refused to accept a deadlock and sent them back to deliberate. four hours later the jury signaled a verdict had been reached. tex's sister dexie and his friend sat anxiously on one side. diane's colleagues including jay grover filled the prosecution side of the room. the case that had riveted atlanta was coming to an end. >> on count one, murder, we find the defendant not guilty. >> not guilty of deliberately murdering diane, but, wait. the felony charge of shooting the gun at diane -- >> we find the defendant guilty. >> killing someone while commit ag felony. >> guilty of felony ...

Best friends and confidantes. dani jo was a cosmetologist with a front row seat to her brilliant career. >> she loved crunching numbers and along with billie corey i think she learned how to wheel and deal. >> she rose through the ranks and with her boss's blessing became president of the company, hiring, firing and calling the shots. >> she would say, i don't want to hear about the labor pains, just show me the baby. >> jay grover was a vice president at diane's company. >> when she started in business here in atlanta, there were not a ton of female executives. >> no, absolutely. and i think ...

Dani jo carter's best friend diane had just been shot right at piedmont and shh14th in midt, atlanta. what was crazy, impossible to understand was that the shooter was diane's own husband tex, sitting right behind diane in their suv. >> she started making these noises that i had never -- i had never heard before, and i -- i thought i was hearing her die. >> a street sign pointed the way to emory university hospital. tex told dani jo to head there. >> tex was calling her name, and he leaned forward and kind of grabbed her head and she was kind of breathing panicky. >> they arrived at emory. tha...

Overcome our differences on the verdict. >> the judge refused to accept a deadlock, and sent them back to deliberate. four hours later a verdict had been reached. diane's colleague, including jay grover, filled the prosecution's side of the room. the case that had riveted atlanta was coming to an end. >> on count one, murder, we find the defendant not guilty. >> not guilty of deliberately murdering diane. but wait. on the felony charge of shooting the gun at diane. we find the defendant guilty. >> possession of a firearm in the course of a felony. >> guilty. >> trying to influence the witness ...

Diane sat next to dani joe here in the front seat and tex was right behind diane in the back seat, and off they went. >> well, we headed on in to atlanta on i-20, and as we got off of 20 to get on to the connector, it was just eight lanes of brake lights. >> dani jo says tex was dosing in the back seat as the two women decided to get off the interstate to avoid the traffic. >> as we're riding down the ramp tex becomes fully awake, i guess, and he looks around and he says, girls, i really wish you hadn't done this. this is a bad idea, this is a bad area. >> that's when tex mciver made a request...