cases were rock solid against accused shot-caller daniel blizzard and the alleged attacker, luis gomez mangez girlfriend, adriana mendez, and jill taylor to walk out of jail if the two would agree to testify against the men. did they ask your permission, or were they essentially saying this is the way the cookie crumbles? >> we didn't have a choice. so we were made aware that this is what they were thinking of doing. >> why were those deals necessary? deputy prosecutor alvin guzman. >> trying to pick the lesser of two evils on that. >> meaning you get the mastermind, and you get the guy whose hand was actually on the knife and maybe the little fish swim away? >> that's essentially what happened in the situation. >> do you think you had a strong case against jill taylor? >> she was probably the weakest case we would have had compared to all four people that we believed were involved. >> the court is back in session. >> so in august, 2014, the murder trial of daniel blizzard began with a parade of lawyers, life insurance salesmen, and law enforcement taking the stand before the star witnesses b