it fell to the jury in judge patrick mager's courtroom to sort it all out. were you confident that you would get off? >> yeah. >> reporter: did you think, "there is no way they are going to convict me." >> absolutely. >> reporter: what gave you the most confidence? >> because i was innocent. >> reporter: by the time the key witness, biker jeff dills, has died at the helm of his beloved harley. but judge magers rules his testimony from a pretrial hearing can be read to the jury. >> this is a case that literally hinges on the testimony of a guy who actually didn't testify at trial. >> reporter: and a man who's dead. >> a man who had died before trial. >> reporter: and despite the defense's attempts to cast suspicion on kim's ex-husband joe bugarski, the prosecution calls on him to establish that kim had a history of violence. >> we did have some heated arguments when we were together that weren't so pleasant where i went to bed thinking, "man, after that argument, am i even going to be alive when i wake up," you know? it got pretty bad. >> reporter: so you hon

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