dr. dixon's attorney said he was an innocent man who had poor taste in friends. >> what is mike dixon guilty of? >> where do we start? >> capital stupidity of the and trusting david shepherd. >> in court, prosecutors argued that mike dixon was the master mind. >> this crazy plan. >> yeah, you know, it just amazing. still amazing to me today that two guys that at least on the appearance had a lot to lose, would just throw it away in something so callus as this. >> been convicted. >> when you met with him before the trial, everything was on track. >> yeah, i mean -- >> all on the same page. >> you had a deal. >> the deal was already done. he pled guilty. >> dave shepherd had one job to do for the prosecution. get up on the stand and repeat what he told detectives. that he murdered joe sonnier in exchange for three silver bars from dr. mike dixon. >> you're in the courtroom, he is on the stand, all is well. >> it wasn't all well very quickly. >> that's because dave shepherd pulled a fast one. told the court he had lied about dixon's role in the murder. his confession was a complete fabrication.

dr. mike dixon. >> you're in the courtroom, he is on the stand, all is well. >> it wasn't all well very quickly. >> that's because dave shepherd pulled a fast one. when he got on the stand, he told the court he had lied about attorneys told me i needed to sell it. >> dave shepherd's about face was pure gold for defense attorneys. >> were you surprised when he did that? >> that's what he consistently told me. no, mike did not pay. he did not want anybody harmed. that was all me. mike didn't have anything to do with that. so i was prepared for what he had to say. we didn't disclose it to the prosecution, and i think they is going on in the minds of the jors after seeing dave shepherd come in and spin that awful tail. >> joe's son was right to worry. as it turned out, the jury was hung. a mistrial was declared. the family was distraught. >> he walked in, and without missing a beat, looked us straight in the face and said to us, guy, i'm so sorry this happened but we're going to turn around and do it again and we're going to get him the second time. >> mike dixon's son wasn't -- it was andrew dixon

dr. sonnier dead. >> andrew dixon, mike's son. >> naive, almost a sense of people. studying all the time, working hard and i think those things left him naive to the way people are sometimes in the real world. >> but would jurors buy that. on november 18th, after delib rating for two hours, they returned with a verdict. >> they kept saying guilty, guilty, guilty. yes, i found him guilty, and it was like a bad dream. >> guilty of two counts of capital murder. rochelle was not in court for the verdict. but she sent us a statement, saying in part, she couldn't express the depth of her despair and grieve. she said she saw no red flags, and expressed anger with mike dixon and dave shepherd and with a man she now considers a sews sews sosiopath. >> the idea of mike dixon for not being in prison is so horrifying, you can't wrap your mind around it. there is the concept floating out there until it's finalized and it was. >> now joe sonnier's family focused on his legacy, a doctor, a father, a passionate dancer. heaven. >> he may be. he may be. >> that's all for now. thanks