among those speaking for michelle, psychologist debby leighton. to interview michelle about her relationships to testify as an expert witness. those were the recorded conversations, excerpts of which you heard earlier. the doctor told the jury michelle wasn't manipulating diamond by stopping and starting their illicit romance. no, it was something else. >> when somebody's in a long-term affair, there does tend to be a pattern of pulling away and then coming back together. an inability to be decisive. that's not unusual with affairs. >> besides, claimed the defense, being involved with another man didn't mean michelle was also involved in murder. the two sides battled through three months of trial time. from labor day past thanksgiving. 11-week trial. three-hour deliberation. the verdict? guilty. >> she stood up. they put the handcuffs on her and she walked out the courtroom and she never looked back into the courtroom area. not even toward her family. >> michelle theer now sits in a north carolina prison, half way across the country from her co-co