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>> chaz higgs's trial began in june in this reno courtroom. it would be the first murder case for prosecutor christopher hicks who along with veteran d.a. tom barb hoped to convince the jury that chaz higgs had deliberately killed his wife, nevada state controller kathy augustine, by injecting her with a lethal drug. >> he took the time to load up a syringe full of a devastating drug. he took the time to plan that and inject his wife with it. and then to stand there while she basically suffocated. >> to prove their case prosecutors first had to show that succinylcholine killed kathy augustine....

Divorce her? >> as for the prosecution's star witness, the nurse who said that chaz told her succinylcholine was the perfect way to commit murder? >> she claims you said something to the effect of he did it all wrong, he should have just hit her with succ. do you remember saying that? >> no. >> the fifth day of trial came to a close. prosecutors tom barb and christopher hicks prepared to cross-examine the defendant the following morning. >> chris and i almost had a fistfight over it, over who was going to get to do it. >> but in the middle of the night an unexpected emergency. >> 911. >> yes. ...