steve rosenfield. >> reporter: what was your impression of him when you first >> robert was scared to death from the first meeting-- and-- and forever. >> and then robert told attorney rosenfield just about what you'd expect an accused murder might say -- he didn't do it. he didn't stab anybody. he wasn't even there. he only confessed, he said, because he was so scared -- >> reporter: did you push hard enough to find out whether or not he w a as actually telling you the truth or playing you? >> i take what the client tells me and i do an independent evaluation based on what i learn. >> so he watched the tape of robert's confession. which, didn't look right to him. besides -- >> there was no physical evid ce at the crime scene to tie robert to the crime. >> but just as intriguing was this question -- i >> why would rocky and jessica include a kid like robert? e>> the fugett kids, as the kid at school and in the neighborhood knew, bullied robert mercilessly and he was terrified of surely he wouldn't help them murder the neighbor lady. yet, rocky fugett was going to tell the court just t

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rosenfield. have a great night. thanks for watching. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from stage one at universal studios hollywoodngeles, california, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- vince vaughn.