>> without michael renaud we cannot win this case because without michael renaud we cannot place thearbara's shooting. ♪♪ >> and then came a routine moment that we've all seen in courtroom dramas on tv. the prosecutor in this case, steve kaplan, rose and told the judge. >> your honor, the people rest. >> and the defense response in this michigan courtroom just as predictably was to try to get the case thrown out. not enough evidence. the state hadn't met its burden argued defense attorney carl marlinga, and asked for the judge for what's called a directed verdict. >> when you just don't know you have to -- you have to pull the plug. you have to say that's it. >> and then it got really strange. and you say, your honor, the state has not proved its case. we ask that you dismiss it right now, that it not go to the jury? >> right. >> it happens all the time. and almost always you're rebuffed. >> that's right. and almost always you're rebuffed within about 10 to 15 seconds. >> that didn't happen here. >> no. >> this time the judge listened intently for 20 minutes as michael george's defen