agreed to a plea deal up to 45 years in prison for strangling his 21-year-old former girlfriend, viviana tullill hopes to convince the judge to give him less time. today he'll run some of his ideas by jan philips. a case manager. >> my job is to meet with every defendant, whether they're found guilty at trial or accepted a plea. my goal with this client or any client is to provide the court with a full input from the defendant, so at sentencing time we're not just looking at what the offense was but a more rounded version or vision of what the defendant is. >> i did write a letter to the family that i would like to read. >> this is your words to the family. okay. what i want from you is anything about you. do you want the judge to know about you? what happened on that day? that's what i'm looking for. >> i let my rage, anger, emotions take over me. >> okay. >> and it wasn't like -- i accept full responsibility for what i did. i know i shouldn't have done that. >> okay. >> you think i'm going to reveal my hand? i'm going to act like -- you seen me, i looked remorseful and i felt bad. i told the