and bobby latour can't provide any answers. died of a drug overdose. >> please all rise. >> reporter: nearly 11 years after the shooting, ryan thompson got one more chance at a new trial. an extraordinary proceeding called a habeas hearing. >> mr. thompson's hand restraints may be removed while he's in court. >> reporter: ryan's new attorney, john watson, presented arguments that the original defense counsel had been ineffective, failing, for example, to undermine the state's key witness, bobby latour. watson found an eyewitness who said latour was in a parking lot right after the shot was fired so he could not have seen ryan thompson get out of the car before the shot as he claimed. ryan's original attorney knew about the witness but didn't call him. >> that's a really, really crucial piece of information that the jury should have heard. >> reporter: watson also argued that ryan's trial attorney should have shored up dave and jared's testimony, bringing in experts to explain how ryan's friends pressured by police could have imp