. >> susan polk really hated paul sequeira, and at times paul sequeira, the d.a., really hated susand say i was a baby. she'd say i was a liar. >> reporter: cameras were not allowed in the courtroom, but the drama inside was more bizarre than any fiction. polk accused the prosecutor and the judge of conspiring against her. she objected hundreds and hundreds of times, demanding almost daily a mistrial. >> probably the most memorable thing she said about the judge was the judge was trying to explain to her the law saying you're arguing apples and oranges. and she said oh, judge, that's your problem, this is a murder trial and you think it's about fruit. >> reporter: but sometimes says prosecutor sequeira she was a brilliant courtroom lawyer despite having no training in the law. >> there is cross-exam that she did that were unbelievable, that were as good as any veteran defense lawyer i've ever seen. >> reporter: the prosecutor's case was simple. susan polk, he said, afraid she'd lose her rights to the family estate and custody of her youngest son, gabriel, killed felix in a rage and t